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Chinese Couple Pleads for Help at Bangkok Embassy to Find Missing Son

Chinese Couple Pleads for Help at Bangkok Embassy to Find Missing Son

A Chinese couple is urgently seeking help in Bangkok to locate their son, who is suspected to be a victim of human trafficking in Southeast Asia. Sun Maoxing, 64, and his wife Wang Weiju, 60, traveled from Shandong province in China on their first trip abroad, hoping to find their missing son, Sun Baochao, 32.

During a heartfelt plea outside the Chinese embassy in Bangkok on Monday, the couple beseeched embassy staff and bystanders for assistance, with Sun saying, “Please save my son.” He recounted the last time he saw his son was during his mother’s funeral in April of last year, but they had limited communication during that time. Distressed, Wang lamented, “He is our only son. We cannot live without him.”

According to the South China Morning Post, Sun Baochao’s whereabouts remain unsettled, with the last messages being requests for money sent through WeChat, where he mentioned being in Thailand. Wang noted that she received three calls from her son’s account but the caller was a woman speaking broken Mandarin.

Thai police reported that Sun Baochao arrived in Bangkok on January 1 and took a taxi from Suvarnabhumi Airport, but no further sightings have been documented. The embassy requested the couple mail relevant case documents to a designated postbox but had not provided any updates. Sun stated, “The embassy staff said they would contact me when there are updates, but they currently have no information.”

Rising Concerns About Human Trafficking

This case emphasizes the increasing issue of human trafficking and scam operations in Southeast Asia. Victims are often manipulated into working in large-scale scam centers operated by criminal gangs, particularly near the Myanmar border.

The couple’s situation parallels that of Wang Yaxin, 40, who was at the embassy seeking his 28-year-old cousin, last known to be in Thailand’s Tak province near Myanmar. Wang suspects his cousin, who was unemployed, may have fallen victim to a loan scam. “I told him to share his location with me,” he said, adding that he screen-grabbed his cousin’s location but lost contact after stepping away from the chat to make a call.

The issue of human trafficking received renewed attention last week when Chinese actor Wang Xing was rescued from a scam compound along the Thailand-Myanmar border. Lured by a fake production job offer, he was held captive, had his head shaved, and was forced to type for days.

Hong Kong’s security minister, Chris Tang Ping-keung, addressed these incidents on Monday, clarifying that none of the recent victims were abducted during their time in Thailand but were instead attracted by alluring job offers. Of the 28 cases his bureau has dealt with, 16 victims have returned to Hong Kong, while the others remain in contact but have lost their autonomy.

Credit: Hindustan Time

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