Rescued from Myanmar, Chinese actor Wang Xing prepares to fly home

Wang Xing, also known by his stage name Xing Xing, was booked to fly to China from Thailand on Friday night, a week after his ordeal began, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Wang entered the Thai capital Bangkok early on January 3, and lost contact with his friends and family at around 11am on the same day in the Mae Sot area in northwestern Thailand, according to a message posted by his girlfriend on Chinese social media late Sunday evening.

Mae Sot borders Myanmar’s Myawaddy, a city notorious as a fraud hub.

Before arriving in Thailand, Wang was invited to act in a film in Thailand by someone who posed as the associate director of the production, according to Wang’s girlfriend, identified only by her surname Kang.

He was led through Thai immigration by someone claiming to be a production crew member, and driven to Mae Sot, about 500km (310 miles) from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport, the post said.