Chinese national missing in Thailand rescued, embassy warns of shady job offers

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The mans sister had reported him missing to police in Guangzhou and Bangkok, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said.

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BEIJING – A Chinese national who went missing in Thailand after accepting a photoshoot job has been rescued, according to China’s embassy in Bangkok, which cautioned Chinese citizens against simply accepting job offers.

The embassy said in a statement that the rescue of a person with the surname Zhong was a joint effort of various parties but did not release details. The embassy did not give the person’s full name or reveal their gender.

China’s state-backed local media reported on July 4 that a 23-year-old Chinese man by the surname Zhong had been tricked and trafficked into Myanmar after arriving in Thailand for a magazine cover photoshoot in early June.

His sister, who received a suspicious call from him weeks ago when he was in an unidentified location in Myanmar, had reported him missing to the police in Guangzhou and Bangkok, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said.

The embassy in Bangkok warned Chinese citizens to be vigilant against dubious “high-paying jobs” overseas, clarifying that Thailand requires foreign nationals to obtain appropriate permits to work there.

The warning comes as concerns about human trafficking and fraudulent employment schemes targeting Chinese nationals abroad grow.

Criminal networks have trafficked hundreds of thousands of people to

scam compounds across South-east Asia

The latest incident echoes a similar case that caught national interest in January,