Recently, Thailand Headline News Agency received an urgent request for help from a Jiangsu reader.
A Jiangsu woman born in 1990 named You Xuhua, set off from China to Thailand on September 16, 2022.
, and since she arrived at Bangkok , her family has lost contact.
The family far away in China tried every possible way but couldn't contact her, and she was extremely anxious.
Recently, a series of news has been frequently reported by Thailand and Southeast Asian neighbors that overseas criminal gangs lure and force compatriots to participate in illegal activities and even commit kidnapping and extortion.
Hearing these news made Ms. You's family even more anxious.
In desperation, Ms. You's family could only use WeChat to seek help from fellow villagers in Bangkok, Thailand, and to find the whereabouts of their missing relatives through forwarding and spreading by their fellow villagers.
According to Ms. You's family, she was not sure about her real purpose in Thailand. She only knew that she was traveling to Thailand with a group of people. After she lost contact with her family, her fellow travelers did not stay in Bangkok, but immediately transferred to Singapore .
Ms. You's family even doubted that it was these "comrades" who "selled" her to some illegal gangs in Thailand, and then transferred the people to "parks" in Myanmar , Laos , Cambodia and other countries. They were physically imprisoned and forced to engage in some illegal activities... and even were directly kidnapped or resold to other places as "piglets"?
The more I think this way, the more chilled Ms. You's family became and her heart was irritated.
Some Jiangsu fellow villagers and enthusiastic Chinese compatriots in Thailand have even begun to publish search information in some "parks" in Xigang, Cambodia and Myanmar.
However, due to the lack of information, such search is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.
As of September 21, there is still no whereabouts of Ms. You...
In recent times, various rumors have been circulating in the Chinese circle in Thailand about "a young Chinese woman kidnapped by transnational criminal gangs."
is difficult to tell which are real people and what are urban legends.
But it looks sensational and makes people feel chilled.
Among them, the most widely circulated one is called "25 years old, I was kidnapped in Thailand". It is said that -
A 25-year-old Chinese girl is engaged in real estate sales in Thailand. As a large number of Southeast Asian gray bosses poured into Thailand, she often took the initiative to deal with these customers, made a lot of money, and planted dangerous seeds.
Once, she met several Chinese men from Cambodia in a bar, claiming to be doing "online investment" (telecom fraud). When the Chinese girl saw that several people were generous, she started talking to them, hoping to develop customers and sell more villas.
After having enough wine and meals, several Chinese men from Cambodia offered to send the girl home. Seeing that she had a good conversation just now, she agreed.
Unexpectedly, the man in the car took out his pistol and handcuffs not far away.
She was kidnapped!
Chinese girl was taken to a villa in the suburbs and locked up with several other kidnapped girls.
The money in the bank card and the money in the Alipay mobile phone were all forced to be transferred to the kidnappers. After
, she was soon "sold" by the kidnappers and sold it to an telecom fraud gang in a park in Miaowadi, Myanmar.
A few days later, two Chinese men came to the villa to receive the purchased "goods". When the girl thought that she would be sold to the rumored "hell on earth", she suddenly collapsed and cried, begging the two of them to let her go.
The two men "had aroused compassion" and let the girl go, asking her to pay another 300,000 yuan ransom, and redeem herself.
The story ends here and it ends.
To be honest, after reading this story by himself, the old man felt that what he said might not be real people, but a fabricated article "story and literature".
Because some parts are written too exaggeratedly, it is unlikely that the Cambodian Chinese gangs will directly find targets to kidnap them in Bangkok; the "receivers" from Myanmar are unlikely to directly charge ransoms and release them because of the girl's words -
Not to mention, the girl's Thai company will pay the ransom so happily. Is there such a company in the Thai Chinese circle? Please give me a dozen...
I guess this is probably a fabricated story.
However, it is not completely fictional.
is more like a product that combines many real cases in recent years, the real experiences of different victims, plus some literary imagination and polish, and is refined and collaged.
It may not be "real", but it is a "typical story" composed of the bloody real experiences of countless victims as materials.
Coincidentally, many Chinese media people and self-media broadcasters in Thailand have also received a lot of help in this regard in recent months.
A few days ago, I just saw a Chinese in Thailand on Douyin . He told the camera that a "friend of a friend" came to Thailand to work, and soon lost contact with his family and died in a neighboring country soon after.
So the deceased's family asked around, wanting to know what was going on, wanting to know how to handle the funeral, how to deal with the inheritance left by the deceased...
But the broadcaster himself could not answer these questions.
A few days ago, we just reported the "Kyrgyzstan woman committed suicide by jumping off a building", which is the same routine.
Use a Thai job to lure the girl to Thailand, then stuff it into a car and send it to the northern border of Thailand, forcing the girl to commit telecommunications fraud. After finding that she was unable to do the job, she took her back to Bangkok for forced prostitution.
Obviously, there should be many such stories in Thailand.
Unless there is a major explosion point, these kidnapped, coerced, and trafficked people sometimes fail to appear on the corner of Thai news until the day they die.
"Recruiting and luring piglets" is not as bizarre and dramatic as "Kidnap in the Street in Bangkok".
But how much worse is it?
Criminal groups may not necessarily be Chinese; victims are naturally even more so.
Last week, a "300 Indian programmer trafficking case" broke out in Thailand - about 300 software engineers from India came to Thailand to apply for a job, but all of them were illegally trafficked to Myanmar and went directly to Miaowadi, and were forced to engage in cybercrime activities.
On Saturday, some Indian programmers who were taken hostage contacted relatives in India, saying they were hijacked by " Malaysian Chinese gangsters". Work more than 15 hours of shifts per day. If they refuse to work, they will be beaten and electric shocked.
"I was asked to attract customers through social media, asking them to book hotels online or make other investments. Then I realized that we were online fraud ."
"We are all educated engineers, how can we do this? We protested on the strike, and they were warned that if we dare to make trouble, let us 'disappear'!"
"The boss directly asked the thugs to deal with us. I saw with my own eyes that an Indian man's ear was torn off and blood flowed all over the ground..."
Some Indians escaped from Miaowady and managed to escape to Thailand, but were unable to return to India because they did not have a passport and visa.
Most Indians are waiting for rescue from the Indian Embassy in Myanmar. After some effort, the Indian Embassy in Bangkok rescued 30 Indian programmers who fled to Thailand.
More than 200 other people are still waiting for rescue in the cage of Miaowadi.
To be fair, Thailand is not as terrifying as the legendary ones.
Walking on the street at night, being knocked down by someone, and waking up when you open your eyes is already in Miaowadi - the probability of such a story happening is not high.
However, it is undeniable that criminal trends such as telecommunications fraud, kidnapping and extortion, and online gambling have gradually spread from Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia to Thailand.
Thailand is not a hunting ground, but it is indeed a transit station for transporting prey.
The so-called "coming to work in Thailand" but disappears inexplicably may indeed have been involved and difficult to get out of it.
I hope that Ms. You's temporary loss of contact is just a false alarm.
If you see this tweet, or someone has found you through this tweet, please contact your family in China immediately, they are anxiously waiting for your news.
Compatriots in Thailand, and even those in Cambodia and Myanmar, if you see this tweet, please spread it.
may not work, but what if it works?
Finally, I would like to remind all compatriots in Thailand, as well as those Chinese compatriots who plan to come to Thailand to make some money:
1. When seeing Thailand's high-salary recruitment notice, you must be cautious!
, especially the kind of recruitment that "as long as you know how to computer, type, and earn tens of thousands of baht per month at the end of your monthly salary", there is no such good thing in the world. You don't need to know Thai , nor do you need to have professional skills to get such a high salary.
looks like there is something wrong with it and it cannot be easily hooked.
2. If you really find the job you like in Thailand and decide to come, then...
must issue a formal invitation letter to the other company, apply for a formal work visa, and complete all necessary procedures.
Don’t hold a tourist visa. You don’t even know the name of the company boss, so you ran over foolishly.
3. Cherish your life and stay away from gray products
The big guys of gray products are often full of temptation and dangers. They expect to make money from him. They may really make some money at the beginning, but the risk is very high. Maybe one day they will become someone else's prey.
and they cooperate with investments, which may be subject to serious legal risks.
often socializes with them, and may become the second "kidnapped 25-year-old Chinese real estate salesman". No matter how much money you make, you may be able to spend yourself.
Behave yourself in a proper manner and make money honestly. Don’t treat unfathomable wolves as stupid and fat sheep with a lot of money.
The world is dangerous, but there is always a way to stay away from the evil.
There are enough victims in the world,
We are mortals, so don’t contribute to the KPI performance of the gray industry bosses and their subordinates… (Editor: Yue Han)
