No Thais involved in disappearance of Chinese actor Xingxing, say police

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Thai police have revealed that Chinese nationals were behind the disappearance of Chinese actor Xingxing, who was found by authorities in Myanmar on Tuesday (Jan 7)    The actor, whose real name is Wang Xing, was reported missing after arriving in Tak’s Mae Sot district for a shoot on Friday (Jan 3).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yc5er5z4   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A Chinese actor who went missing last week near the Thai-Myanmar border has been found

00:06in Myanmar.

00:08Authorities believe he may have been a victim of human trafficking.

00:11Twenty-two-year-old Wang Xing, a Chinese actor, was reported missing near the Thai-Myanmar

00:16border on Sunday, an area known for large-scale criminal enterprises and human trafficking.

00:22His disappearance sparked widespread concern in both China and Thailand.

00:27Thai National Police Inspector General Thatchai Pitanilabut said Wang was told there was a

00:32casting in Thailand, but instead he was trained to scam other Chinese people.

00:37Police believe that Chinese nationals were involved in Wang's abduction.

00:41Thai National Police Inspector General Thatchai Pitanilabut said Wang was told there was a

01:01casting in Thailand, but instead he was trained to scam other Chinese people.

01:10Thai National Police Inspector General Thatchai Pitanilabut said Wang was told there was a

01:23casting in Thailand, but instead he was trained to scam other Chinese people.

01:24Thatchai said the actor was safe and unharmed.

01:27The United Nations has reported that Southeast Asia, particularly border towns in Thailand,

01:32Myanmar and Laos, have become a hub for telecom and other online fraud, and that thousands

01:38of people have been trafficked to work in scam centers.

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