Why the Thailand-Myanmar border became a hub for fraud gangs preying on Chinese nationals
The recent rescue of kidnapped actor Wang Xing has highlighted the transnational criminal networks that thrive in the region.
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 ...
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Arrest made following actor's disappearance
Yan is suspected of deceiving actor Wang Xing into going to Myanmar for a supposed film shoot. Wang went missing at the ...
Key suspect in fraud cases preying on Chinese citizens on Thailand-Myanmar border apprehended, returned to China
A key suspect surnamed Yan, who is involved in multiple cases of Chinese citizens recently being deceived to the ...
China still failing to shut down fraud gangs preying on its citizens at Thailand-Myanmar border
While China declared last year that major telecom fraud hubs near the Myanmar border had been dismantled and tens of ...
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 ...
Malaysia Sun1d
China's support for Myanmar regime backfires; scam syndicates thrive
WASHINGTON - Reports of Chinese citizens trafficked into scam centers along the Thai-Myanmar border are prompting renewed ...
China Pushes Neighboring Countries to Rein In Scams After Rare Public Outcry
The abduction of a young Chinese actor, who was trafficked from Thailand to Myanmar, prompted an unusually powerful ...
China families appeal to free relatives held by scam gangs in Myanmar
The abduction and cross-border rescue had all the makings of the kind of action script struggling Chinese actor Wang Xing had ...
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A Chinese actor was abducted from Thailand. His swift return has sparked hopes – and fears – back home
The 31-year-old Chinese actor had flown to Bangkok for what he expected to be a movie casting call. Instead, he was picked up at the airport and driven to a scam center in Myanmar’s Myawaddy ...