Hong Kong to send task force to Thailand to look into cases of trapped residents

Chinese actor Wang Xing has been found and returned from Myanmar to mainland China, after he was reported missing on January 3. - Photo: Facebook/SCMP

HONG KONG (SCMP): Hong Kong’s Security Bureau is sending a task force to Thailand on Sunday to follow up on cases involving residents being lured to Southeast Asian countries and forced to do illegal work.

The situation returned to the spotlight after mainland actor Wang Xing was kidnapped along the Thai-Myanmarese border, prompting a joint rescue effort involving Chinese authorities.