Wang Xing, Actor from "Ip Man 3," Kidnapped After Falling for "Casting Scam"
Found with Shaved Head
Chinese actor Wang Xing (32) was kidnapped by a human trafficking organization in Thailand and later rescued, with 10 suspects recently extradited to China.
Chinese actor Wang Xing (32) was kidnapped by a human trafficking organization in Thailand and later rescued, while 10 suspects in the case were deported to China. Weibo capture.
On the 21st, Yonhap News, citing local media including China News Network, reported that the 10 suspects in the kidnapping case were recently arrested by Thai police and subsequently forcibly repatriated to China by Chinese public security authorities on the 15th.
Wang Xing, who appeared in the movie "Ip Man 3" and the drama "The Legend of the Rose" (Mae Gwae Jeok Go Sa), arrived in Thailand at the end of last year after receiving a casting offer for a drama and then went missing. Following the disappearance, Thai police launched an investigation and found Wang Xing on the 7th of last month. The investigation revealed that he had been deceived by an overseas casting scam and taken to Myanmar.
Wang Xing, who safely returned to China on the 11th of last month, stated that he was taken to a building in Myanmar and forced to undergo scam training after having his head shaved. In a video, he said, "I couldn't sleep and didn't even have time to urinate."
Myeawadi, Myanmar, where Wang Xing was held, is notorious as a base for criminal organizations involved in online scams and voice phishing. These groups are known to imprison kidnapped individuals in call centers and force them to participate in criminal activities.
Similarly, eight Taiwanese people were also kidnapped after being deceived by the promise of a "free trip to Thailand." According to Hong Kong's Sing Tao Daily, in December last year, eight Taiwanese men and women received an offer from a person named Zhu Mo, who lives in northern Taiwan, that if they opened an account at Bangkok Bank, they could travel to Thailand for free by paying a commission of 70,000 to 100,000 New Taiwan Dollars (approximately 3 million to 4.37 million Korean Won). However, upon arrival in Bangkok, they were taken to the scam organization's base in Myanmar. Two of the women were released, but the whereabouts of the remaining six are unknown.
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