China brings back criminal suspect in cross-border human trafficking case

Chinese actor Wang Xing shakes hands with a Thai police officer after being assisted in his return to the country, after being kidnapped into one of the telecom fraud centers, at a police station in Thailand's Mae Sot district, Tak province, January 7, 2025. - Royal Thai Police/Handout via Reuters.

BEIJING: Chinese police have successfully apprehended and brought back a major criminal suspect involved in a high-profile case, in which a Chinese actor was deceived and illegally detained on the Thailand-Myanmar border.

The suspect, surnamed Yan, was returned to China on Saturday (Jan 25) thanks to the joint efforts of a task force dispatched by China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, and with assistance from Thai law enforcement, the MPS said on Sunday.