Pol Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot, Senior Inspector General and Director of the Anti-Human Trafficking Center, recently chaired a meeting at the Immigration Checkpoint in Mae Sot district, Tak province,

Chinese travellers have been scrapping trips to Thailand, frightened by the story of a Chinese actor who was abducted there and taken to Myanmar and forced to work in an online scam compound.

Chinese model Yang Zeqi, who was reported missing in Thailand, has safely returned to China. His disappearance sparked widespread concern.

The recent revelation and rescue of mainland actor Wang Xing from a scam park in Myanmar have suddenly exposed other serious cases of cross-border trafficking from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau to Myanmar through Thailand where organized crime elements kidnapped the victims and brought them to work in Myanmar’s scam farms in unhuman conditions.

Chinese tourists are expressing fears about traveling to Thailand – with some cancelling their trips – following the high-profile case of a Chinese actor’s abduction to a Myanmar scam call center.

Chinese actor Wang Xing (right) talks with Thai police officers after returning to Thailand in Mae Sot district, Tak province, Thailand, on January 7, 2025. Photo: VCG. Representa

Authorities in Thailand are making concerted efforts to strengthen border security to prevent human trafficking gangs from using the country as a transit point.

Yang Zeqi's father fears he could have been abducted and forced to work with a call centre gang. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Thai police previously reported that Wang Xing had been lured into Myanmar by fraud groups and had lost contact with his friends and family near the border between the two Southeast Asian nations

Thailand's tourism sector is grappling with a surge in hotel and flight cancelations from Chinese tourists following the high-profile abduction of actor Wang Xing, raising concerns about the country's recovery efforts.

BANGKOK: Thai and Myanmar authorities have found no trace of Chinese model Yang Zeqi, whose last known location, as sent to his friends on Dec 21, was in Mae Sot district in Tak province, on the border with Myanmar.

Authorities found Wang on Tuesday in Myanmar and brought him to Thailand for questioning, Thai police said. Photos and videos showed Wang sitting with the police in the Thai border town of Mae Sot with his head shaved.