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A 31-year-old Chinese actor who was recently rescued from the center of a scam in Myanmar after he went missing during a visit to Thailand, asked his girlfriend to seek help on social media. According to the BBC, Wang Xing was missing for two days before his girlfriend took to social media for help. “We have no choice but to take the power of the Internet to amplify our voice,” he wrote on Chinese social media platform Weibo on January 5. His post quickly went viral and Mr. Wang gained nationwide attention promoting government intervention. On January 7, the 31-year-old actor was finally rescued from a scam center in Myanmar.
A day later, Mr. Wang made his first appearance with Thai police. According to The BBCthe actor revealed that he was lured into the facility on the pretext of lucrative job opportunities. He said he went to Bangkok for an acting offer on WeChat. She told police she realized she had been kidnapped when she crossed a river in Myanmar and saw the rudimentary conditions.
He also told Thai police that about 50 Chinese nationals were kept in the same place where he was alone. In particular, these centers, allegedly run by organized criminal networks, force victims into online scams and other fraudulent activities.
The actor’s quick but mysterious rescue has now raised questions about the fate of those trapped inside the scam center. “We are anxious to know if the rest of the Chinese nationals (who were with him) have been rescued,” one social media user wrote on Weibo. And said.
Speaking to the police, Mr Wong revealed that he had been invited to act in a film in Thailand posing as the production’s associate director. He mentioned that he went on a shoot in Thailand around 2018 and I didn’t suspect that it was any different.
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He then went missing on January 3 in the Thai border town of Mae Sot, notorious for its smuggling activities. His girlfriend wrote on Weibo that she and her brother tried to arrest the actor and get the police involved, however, “to little avail”.
But as Mr. Wang’s girlfriend’s post gained nationwide attention, a case was eventually filed in China, and the embassy in Thailand also said it took the case seriously. The following day, Thai and Chinese authorities announced that the 31-year-old had been rescued.
Details of the rescue are scant. Officials have not revealed the exact location of the scam’s epicenter. However, Mr Wang told police that after arriving in Bangkok, he was picked up in a car and taken to Myanmar, where his head was shaved and he was forced to train to deceive people over phone calls. He also claimed that he could not eat much at the scam center and did not have time to use the toilet.
Mr Wang’s disappearance has prompted authorities to look into other similar cases. Thai police are reportedly investigating the case of another Chinese model who went missing at the Thai-Myanmar border after being promised work in Thailand.
The China Federation of Radio and Television Associations also said in a statement on Tuesday that “many actors” have gone abroad on false promises to film, and as a result “severely threaten their personal and financial security.” damaged”. “We are very concerned about this,” the statement said.
