19-Year-Old Female College Student from Guangdong Province Suspected of Being Trafficked to Myanmar Telecom Fraud Compound After Traveling to Thailand; Family Demanded $30,000 in USDT Ransom
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According to China News Weekly, a 19-year-old female college student from Guangdong Province was recently invited to attend the Songkran water festival in Thailand. Upon arrival, she was reportedly detained and allegedly trafficked to a telecom fraud compound near the Thailand-Myanmar border in the Three Pagodas Pass area. Her family stated that the perpetrators claimed to have purchased her for 29,000 US dollars and subsequently demanded a ransom of $30,000—approximately RMB 200,000. After the family paid the ransom, the perpetrators delayed her release, citing reasons such as “the compound allows entry but no exit,” and demanded that media coverage of the case be retracted. The Baiyun Branch of the Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau launched an investigation into the case on April 15, and Guangdong provincial education authorities have also become involved.
