A Chinese actor was abducted from Thailand. His swift return has sparked hopes – and fears – back home
Wang Xing was living in fear. His head had been shaved. He couldn’t sleep and was in a strange place where his captors were ...
Chinese actor’s abduction to Myanmar sign of growing diversity of scams
Thai police said Wang was trafficked across the Thai-Myanmar border and held captive at KK Park in Myawaddy, which is ...
Chinese Actor Wang Xing Rescued From Myanmar Scam Centre Shares Traumatic Ordeal
A 31-year-old Chinese actor was recently rescued from a scam centre in Myanmar after he went missing in Thailand during his ...
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AFCL: Did the Thai PM promise to rescue Chinese citizens from Myanmar on Beijing’s order?
A video of Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been shared in Chinese-language social media posts that claim ...
Chinese Celebrities and Tourists Think Twice About Thailand
The brief abduction of a Chinese actor who was trafficked into Myanmar to work in a scam camp has rattled travelers from a ...
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Chinese actor’s rescue from Myanmar scam sparks trafficking crackdown calls
Chinese actor Wang Xing, 31, was rescued from a notorious scam compound in Myawaddy, Myanmar, after being trafficked under ...
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Myanmar Junta’s No.2 Meets Thai Military as Chinese Pressure Rises on Border Scams
Regime pledges cooperation to stamp out trafficking and telecom fraud in Karen territory controlled by its Border Guard Force ...
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Myanmar’s Karen BGF Launches ‘Scam Crackdown’ After Chinese Celebs Abducted
Junta-affiliated militia overseeing notorious transnational crime hub issues ‘clean-up’ message to Chinese tycoons in ...
China families appeal to free relatives held by scam gangs in Myanmar
By Larissa Liao, Kevin Krolicki and Poppy McPherson BEIJING/BANGKOK (Reuters) - The abduction and cross-border rescue had all ...
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Families of Hongkongers trapped in Myanmar ‘scam farms’ plead for their return after Chinese actor’s rescue
Chinese actor Wang Xing (third from left ... Cases of Hongkongers being trafficked to Myanmar have risen in recent months, following a widely reported surge in 2022. Along with other forms of ...
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12 arrested in joint operation by Chinese, Thai police in actor's trafficking case
The ministry confirmed that the Chinese actor's trafficking was part of a ... Once in Thailand, the victims were smuggled into Myanmar, where they were sold to various telecom fraud operations.
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Chinese Travelers Shun Thailand After Actor’s Abduction
The cancellations were triggered by the disappearance of Chinese actor Wang Xing in a Thai town bordering Myanmar early this month. He was later rescued by Thai police from a scam center where he ...