Ten defendants were apprehended in Thailand while traveling from Myanmar to Cambodia, according to authorities.
PUBLISHED: 14 Feb 2025 at 20: 52
In response to a growing assault on scam groups that was triggered by the actor’s kidnapping, Thai authorities announced on Friday that they would take 10 Chinese citizens who were involved in Wang Xing‘s abduction up to China.
Wang Xing vanished in January after being lured to Thailand with the assurance of a profitable acting position. Thai authorities after discovered him in Myanmar, and he has since come back home.
After his partner launched a social media campaign about his situation, his departure drew national attention in China. An international energy has now come up to bite down on the illegal operations that have been in position for years now that Thailand has suddenly jumped into action.
According to the United Nations, hundreds of thousands of people have been defrauded and abducted by criminal groups and forced to work in illegitimate online businesses that defraud billion each year across Southeast Asia.
The 10 Taiwanese defendants were part of a team working in Myawaddy area and defrauding Taiwanese people, said Pol Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot, a Royal Thai Police inspector-general.
They were traveling through Thailand to Cambodia, where they were detained, and they will be taken to China for constitutional action, according to Thai authorities in a statement.
3, 700 people allegedly operating scams centers in Myanmar have been given to Thailand by China, according to Pol Gen Thatchai.
Earlier this month, Thailand received 261 international call-centre patients from Myanmar.
A spokesman for the Karen National Army (KNA ), a rebel group in Myanmar that controls the area around Myawaddy, told Reuters that it plans to send back thousands of dollars.
” We are cracking down on the condition, but it takes time. Maj. Naing Maung Zaw stated that” we are attempting to give the people back as quickly as possible.”
Thailand earlier this month cut power, energy, and online access to sections of Myanmar where the illegal substances operate, causing a growing unease in Bangkok over the effects of scams on the important tourism industry.