By The Straits Times | Created at 2025-01-17 06:51:13 | Updated at 2025-01-17 15:01:47
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BEIJING - Chinese and Thai police have jointly arrested 12 domestic and foreign criminal suspects in scam operations that led to Chinese nationals going missing and getting trapped, the Asian giant said on Jan 17.
In a statement, China’s state security ministry vowed to keep up a “high-pressure crackdown” on cross-border telecoms network fraud.
On Jan 16, Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged crackdowns by South-east Asian nations on online gambling and telecom fraud, adding that a slew of such cases on the Thai-Myanmar border threatened and harmed citizens of China and other countries.
The arrests follow a high-profile case involving Chinese actor Wang Xing, who was found after going missing earlier in January in northern Thailand’s Tak province. REUTERS
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