A Chinese actor’s kidnapping reignites fears over travelling to Southeast Asia, and renews concerns over scam centers run by criminal gangs
Over the past few weeks, Chinese people have been glued to the story of actor Wang Xing ... a wider trafficking scheme ...
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A Chinese actor was enslaved in a compound running online scams
Armed men kidnapped the aspiring actor, then 37 ... run predominantly by Chinese criminal gangs. Accounts from those who escape, the United Nations and human rights groups say, offer a window ...
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What Are Southeast Asia's Scam Centres, and Why Are They Being Dismantled?
Criminal gangs have trafficked hundreds of thousands ... The current crackdown was triggered by the January abduction of Chinese actor Wang Xing in Thailand, which set off a social media uproar ...
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Missing Chinese actor found in Myanmar may have been trafficking victim, Thai officials say
BANGKOK--A Chinese actor who went missing last week near the ... scale criminal enterprises and human trafficking by organized gangs. “From initial inquiry, we believe he was a victim of human ...
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Chinese director Jia Zhangke discusses UFOs, loneliness, and John Woo's The Killer
It’s a notion that surfaces in the seemingly unlikely context of the breathtaking Chinese gangster epic Ash Is Purest White, opening Friday (March 22). Written and directed by one of the major ...
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Explainer: What are South-east Asia’s scam centres, and why are they being dismantled?
Criminal gangs have trafficked hundreds of thousands ... The current crackdown was triggered by the January abduction of Chinese actor Wang Xing in Thailand, which set off a social media uproar ...