Chinese parents searchs for missing daughter amid call centre scam fear

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Photo viaChannel 3

 

By Petch Petpailin

 

Chinese parents are searching for their missing daughter, with whom they lost contact after she arrived in Thailand on January 6. The family was concerned that their daughter might have fallen victim to a call centre scam.

 

The Chinese father, Wu Wei Tong, filed a complaint at Suvarnabhumi Airport Police Station and later submitted further complaints at the Royal Thai Police (RTP) headquarters on Tuesday, January 7. He and his wife hoped that RTP Commissioner Kittirat Phanphet would assist in bringing their daughter back home.

 

In an interview with Thai media through an interpreter, the Chinese man revealed the timeline leading up to his daughter’s disappearance. He said his 21 year old daughter, Wu Jia Xi, arrived at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport with her friend on January 6.

 

Wu Jia Xi’s family had never met this friend before, as the two had only recently connected via social media. Wu Jia Xi had just completed her university studies, and the trip to Thailand was her first overseas journey.

 

The missing woman informed her parents that she would check into a hotel near Don Mueang International Airport. However, CCTV footage revealed that a white Toyota Alphard van took her and her friend to a hotel in the Lat Krabang area, near the airport.

 

The hotel where she checked in was different from the one she had informed her family about. The parents spoke with hotel staff and learned that Wu Jia Xi and her friend had checked into the hotel at 5am but had quickly checked out around 9am on the same day.

 

 

Avoid Myanmar

 

Wu Jia Xi continued communicating with her parents online until 4pm that day but thereafter, she ceased all contact.

 

Wu Jia Xi’s mother revealed that, during their online conversation, she had urged her daughter not to travel to Myanmar for fear of danger. Wu Jia Xi responded, assuring her mother that she was not foolish and would not dare to go to Myanmar.

 

Thai police officers have yet to release any statements about the case, while the parents fear that their daughter has become another victim of the call centre scam gang, much like Chinese actor Wang Xing.

 

Regarding Wang’s case, Channel 3 reported that he is currently staying at the shelter of the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (M-Society). He declined to give an interview with Thai media about his experience in Myanmar and requested a return trip to China.

 

The media reported that the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China would be responsible for organising Wang’s return to China.

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2025-01-09

 

 

[thesetat]

Cute girl... Hope they find her safe.. 

[petedk]

Arrived at Suvarnabhumi , planned to stay at a hotel near Don Meaung, driven to a hotel in   Lat Krabang.  Quite a confusing story.

 

Anyway, I hope she is ok.

[impulse]

This is big news around the Chinese blogosphere (especially Wang's case).  After 20+ consecutive monthly visa runs to Thailand, my Chinese GF is begging me to consider going to Seoul from now on.

 

[Watawattana]

1 hour ago, impulse said:

This is big news around the Chinese blogosphere (especially Wang's case).  After 20+ consecutive monthly visa runs to Thailand, my Chinese GF is begging me to consider going to Seoul from now on.

 

Visa runs, gangnam style.

[impulse]

38 minutes ago, Watawattana said:

Visa runs, gangnam style.

 

I went to Seoul about 6 or 8 times during the 2008 Olympic visa debacle.  China generally wasn't issuing business visas that year, so I did back to back 30 day tourist visas.  Got to hobnob with dozens of int'l business guys in the same visa boat, some of whom even owned factories in China.  It was a PITA, but certainly not a deal killer.

 

I loved visiting Seoul.  Highly recommended, for the shopping, the street food and the history/museums. (Shameless plug).  But it gets COLD.  And the normal hotels were a little spendy.

 

I even got up to the DMZ and was detained by the military for wandering around where I shouldn't have been.  Which turned out to be a fascinating lesson in recent (at the time) North/South relationship.  I got a personal tour of the border railway station that, 17 years later still isn't activated.  One on one tour by the head of the SK gub'ment's reconciliation committee.  The Big Cheese.

 

[Watawattana]

28 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

I went to Seoul about 6 or 8 times during the 2008 Olympic visa debacle.  China generally wasn't issuing business visas that year, so I did back to back 30 day tourist visas.  Got to hobnob with dozens of int'l business guys in the same visa boat, some of whom even owned factories in China.  It was a PITA, but certainly not a deal killer.

 

I loved visiting Seoul.  Highly recommended, for the shopping, the street food and the history/museums. (Shameless plug).  But it gets COLD.  And the normal hotels were a little spendy.

 

I even got up to the DMZ and was detained by the military for wandering around where I shouldn't have been.  Which turned out to be a fascinating lesson in recent (at the time) North/South relationship.  I got a personal tour of the border railway station that, 17 years later still isn't activated.  One on one tour by the head of the SK gub'ment's reconciliation committee.  The Big Cheese.

 

Interesting!  I've been to Busan, I loved it.  Got friends who live in Seoul and need to visit.

[UbonEagle]

So why would the Chinese mother have mentioned telling her daughter not to go to Myanmar ??? 

Anyway it's just more Chinese scamming each other, unfortunately back in China the CCP will make sure that truth isn't told 🤬

[GammaGlobulin]

Most Chinese girls would not do this, not communicate, and also would not stay out until 5AM.

What happened to the friend mentioned in this article?

Too many missing parts in this story.

Need more info....

 

[Maybole]

The white Alphard van seems to be a common factor.

[LivingNThailand]

6 hours ago, Maybole said:

The white Alphard van seems to be a common factor.

Or black.   Who drives those monster cars.  They are as big as an airplane container.  

[Karma80]

On 1/10/2025 at 9:35 AM, impulse said:

This is big news around the Chinese blogosphere (especially Wang's case).  After 20+ consecutive monthly visa runs to Thailand, my Chinese GF is begging me to consider going to Seoul from now on.

 

My wife is HKer and everyone on that side is messaging us, urging to keep our doors locked when in the car. The CN social media is in overdrive with warnings of Chinese being kidnapped off the streets in Bangkok or here in Phuket.

It will be very hard for Thailand to counter that. Chinese have a choice of where to travel. Japan and Korea will benefit. Guess we'll just keep on transforming Phuket to a Russian province.