In a joint operation, the Ratchamanu Task Force, police, and administrative officers detained 32 Indonesian nationals attempting to illegally cross the border into Thailand.
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.
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 forcing him to type – the first phase of training for an unwanted role.
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.
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.
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
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.