Southeast Asia Information Port News (www.dnyxxg.com) – On the 13th, reporters learned from the Zhalute Banner Public Security Bureau in Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, that the bureau successfully dismantled a major tomb-robbing gang, arresting 26 suspects. After identification, the 18 tombs and sites looted by the gang were determined to be relics from the Liao and Jin dynasties.
In October 2024, during a routine survey, cultural relics protection workers discovered a pit approximately 1.5 meters in diameter on a plot of land north of Yihebei Village in Zhalute Banner. Tool fragments were scattered nearby, and the workers immediately reported the incident to the police.
The Zhalute Banner police rushed to the scene to investigate. With the appraisal of experts from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Museum, the site was confirmed to be a mid-Liao Dynasty noble tomb dating back over 900 years, a key cultural relics protection unit at the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region level. However, the coffin inside the tomb had been displaced, and the burial objects were damaged, resulting in irreversible damage to its historical value.
Police immediately established a special task force and quickly identified key suspects, uncovering a criminal gang that had been operating across multiple provinces, including Liaoning, Shandong, and Henan, and had committed over 20 tomb raidings.
To completely dismantle this gang, the task force traveled to 12 cities in 7 provinces, including Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Jiangsu, covering a total distance of over 30,000 kilometers, and successfully apprehended 26 suspects.
After solving the case, the task force escorted the suspects to the sites for identification. After examination, 18 sites were confirmed to be tombs and ruins from the Liao and Jin dynasties.
Currently, all 26 suspects have been formally arrested with the approval of the procuratorate. (End)
