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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

These are just common con artists but they do it all remotely they don't actually leave China, assuming they're even in China to begin with.

I'm a bit baffled by why anyone would give them money though, since even if you were guilty of a crime in China, the UK doesn't extradite people to China because of their record on human rights, or lack thereof, so there wouldn't really be any need to pay bail money anyway. Plus of course most people have never committed any crime in China, a lot of them will have never even been there or only been there as children.

Plus you pay bail money after you've been arrested, in order to get bailed, not before you're arrested in order to prevent it.

[–] awesome_lowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I’m a bit baffled by why anyone would give them money though, since even if you were guilty of a crime in China, the UK doesn’t extradite people to China

Childhood indoctrination to obey the authorities, plus awareness that if China wants you back, they probably won't use the official extradition process. See the recent examples: