PUBLISHED: 15 Jan 2025 at 10: 18
In order to retrieve a hundred city residents sucked into working at scam companies in Southeast Asia, a Hong Kong task force met Thai authorities and commerce officials on Tuesday. The chief executive applauded the delegation’s development.
City president John Lee Ka-chiu said the work force had achieved” some good results”, noting he had seen” solid attention and commitment” from Thai officials.
He claimed that the Hong Kong government had been “every means” to save the survivors, including turning to Interpol and setting up new global anti-narcotics activities.
“]The facts of the studies ] are not being made people, as this could influence the process of tracing the cash flow and helping the victims”, he said before his weekly meeting with the Executive Council, a key decision-making system.
Lee added that the Security Bureau would consider whether to upgrade the Thailand travel warning.
Undersecretary for security Michael Cheuk and his task force met senior inspector general with the Royal Thai Police, Pol Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot, on Tuesday morning.
The senior Thai police official spoke with China’s embassy’s official on Sunday about the country’s efforts to track down missing Chinese nationals and exchanged views on how to combat international fraud.
Before the delegation left for Hong Kong on Tuesday evening, the task force met Tourism Police Bureau Commissioner Pol Lt Gen Saksira Pheuak-um and Tourism and Sports Vice Minister Jakkaphon Tangsutthitham.
Chinese tourists were the top users of the tourist police bureau’s emergency assistance phone application last month, according to Pol Capt Titiporn Kuptanond of the Tourist Police Bureau, who noted that authorities had received assistance requests from a few Hong Kongers.
More than 100 tourists, according to the captain, turned to the app to get assistance on a daily basis.
Prior to this, Hong Kong’s Security Bureau reported that 12 residents, ages 21 to 43, had reported having been restricted in Southeast Asia. They added that they remained safe and able to communicate with their families or the task force.
Since mainland Chinese actor Wang Xing, also known as Xingxing, was abducted following his arrival in Thailand on January 3, calls for their safe return have grown loud.
A phony casting agent allegedly lured him there for a filming gig under false pretenses.
Later, Thai authorities saved him from a Myawaddy, a city in Myanmar that borders Thailand. They confirmed he was a victim of human trafficking. He came back to the mainland last Friday.