On April 21, according to Thai media news, the parents of a 22-year-old Chinese female student in Australia reported to the Sri Lankah Police Station in Chonburi Province, Thailand, saying that their daughter was threatened by a telecom fraud gang and extorted money to transfer money, requiring her to go from Australia to Thailand.
Thai media said that at present, the investigation team of the Sixth Branch of the Metropolitan Police Department has found the female student and learned that she went to a hotel in Bangrak District, Bangkok after returning from Rakcha County, so she was taken to the Bangrak Police Station for investigation and understanding. Subsequently, the police contacted and coordinated with the parents of the female student, but the student has not provided strong evidence on the above issues and has reason to believe that she may not have been kidnapped.
As for the male threatening voice on the phone, he said that the female student had violated the law and claimed that he would send someone to follow him and ask her to do what he was asked to do. After investigation, it was learned that the female student met a man through a well-known social chat app, and it is not known whether it is a telecom fraud gang.
Further investigation of surveillance footage and other information revealed that the female student had traveled alone during her arrival in Thailand. On April 13, the female student arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand, was taken by taxi to the hotel on the 14th, and then checked out without knowing her specific whereabouts. At 10 a.m. on the 17th, after arriving in Chonburi, he called his mother to ask for money, during which a male voice came from the phone with a threatening tone, and then took a taxi from Bangkok's Ratakabang district to Chonburi Province.
On April 18, the schoolgirl left Sriracha District, Chonburi Province and purchased a calling card along the way. On the 19th, she took a tourist bus from Laem Chabang to the Ekkamai area at 14:46 p.m., and then took a taxi to a hotel in Bangrak district, after which the police went to contact the female student for coordination. According to the source, the female student has been picked up by her parents.
Thai media said that because the female student did not provide relevant evidence, it was impossible to determine whether it was a telecom fraud, and the student's parents were unwilling to take further legal action, and the Thai police could only record the case first, and believed that it was very likely to be a "virtual kidnapping/virtual kidnapping" case, and often occurred in a group of Chinese students with wealthy family conditions.