By Nectar Gan, Joyce Jiang and Kocha Olarn, CNN Hong Kong/Bangkok (CNN) — For three days, Wang Xing lived in fear. His head had been shaved. He couldn’t sleep and was in a strange place where his captors forced him to type – the first phase of training for an unwanted role. The 31-year-old Chinese actor had flown to Bangkok for what he expected to be a movie casting call. Instead, he was picked up at the airport and driven to a scam center in My…

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A Chinese actor was abducted from Thailand. His swift return has sparked hopes – and fears – back home

Chinese tourists are expressing fears about traveling to Thailand – with some cancelling their trips – following the high-profile case of a Chinese actor’s abduction to a Myanmar scam call center.

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Thai tour operators say booking cancellations from Chinese visitors surged following news of an actor who was rescued from a scam centre.

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Chinese actor Wang Xing, reported missing after traveling to Thailand for an alleged talent 'casting', ended up being kidnapped and rescued by Thai authorities last week. The 31-year-old actor was abducted as soon as he landed at the Bangkok airport. Police say she was a victim of human trafficking. The actor told the police that he was attracted by a job offer he saw on an app, whose author was a Chinese man who claimed to be a representative o…

O ator chinês Wang Xing, dado como desaparecido após viajar até à Tailândia para um suposto 'casting' de talentos, acabou vítima de rapto, tendo sido resgatado pelas autoridades tailandesas na semana passada.   O ator, de 31 anos, foi raptado mal aterrou no aeroporto de Banguecoque. A polícia diz que foi vítima de tráfico humano.  À polícia, o ator disse que foi atraído por uma oferta de trabalho que viu numa aplicação, e que tinha como autor um…

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Chinese actor rescued after kidnapping in Thailand. Did you think you were going to the 'casting'

Wang Xing traveled to Bangkok to shoot a film, but in reality he was caught red-handed by human trafficking criminals.

Wang Xing je odpotoval v Bangkok, da bi posnel film, v resnici pa so ga ujeli na limanice kriminalci v trgovini z ljudmi.

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By Nectar Gan, Joyce Jiang and Kocha Olarn, CNN Hong Kong/Bangkok (CNN) — For three days, Wang Xing lived in fear. His head had been shaved. He couldn’t sleep and was in a strange place where his captors forced him to type – the first phase of training for an unwanted role. The 31-year-old Chinese

A Chinese actor was abducted from Thailand. His swift return has sparked hopes – and fears – back home

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