Seventeen indicted over actor Wang Xing trafficking case
AM730 · 2 SOURCESabout 2 hours ago2 MIN
Summary
Shanghai’s Second Branch of the People’s Procuratorate has filed public charges against 17 alleged members of a cross-border human trafficking ring based in Myanmar’s Myawaddy area, in a case linked to mainland actor Wang Xing’s abduction. Prosecutors said the group allegedly used overseas job offers as bait to lure Chinese citizens, including Wang Xing, out of China before forcibly transferring them with the help of armed personnel into Myawaddy. The suspects were charged with offences including trafficking in women, illegal detention, robbery and kidnapping, and the case has been submitted to the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court. The allegations also include beatings, robbery, unlawful confinement, sexual assault, forced prostitution and the resale of victims into telecom fraud parks in Myanmar.
Key Points
- Shanghai prosecutors said the 17 defendants included Wang Moujun, Zhang Moufei and Wu Moulong, all allegedly tied to a trafficking ring entrenched in Myawaddy
- The prosecution was brought by the Second Branch of the Shanghai People’s Procuratorate to the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court.
- Prosecutors alleged the group lured victims with promises of overseas work, then used armed escorts to force them into Myanmar’s Myawaddy area.
- Authorities said victims were robbed, beaten and illegally detained, while some women were allegedly raped, forced into prostitution and resold to scam compounds.
- Wang Xing was allegedly tricked on January 3 last year into flying to Bangkok for filming work, then moved across the Thai-Myanmar border into the Apollo compound
Why It Matters
For Hong Kong readers, the case is a stark reminder that fake overseas job or entertainment offers can be used to funnel Chinese-speaking victims into organised crime networks operating across Thailand and Myanmar. It also shows that prosecutions in China are now extending beyond rescue operations to target the trafficking chains that feed telecom fraud compounds, an issue that has affected victims across the region.