Internet celebrity Chen Ze, who has over 30 million followers on Douyin in China, revealed that a 24-year-old woman, Qi Meng, went on a trip to Southeast Asia with a friend she met online in China. Unexpectedly, after disembarking in Bangkok, Thailand, she was taken away by a vehicle and has since gone missing, suspected of being sold to a scam park in Myanmar.
According to multiple messages on China's Weibo, it was Qi Meng's first time going abroad. She first spent a week in Malaysia, and on the 2nd of this month, she flew from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport on Malaysia Airlines flight MH784. However, after getting in a vehicle allegedly taking her to Chiang Mai, she lost contact.
According to Weibo posts on the 10th, Qi Meng used to document her daily life on Kuaishou under the account name "Tang Cu Xiao Meng". Flipping through her previous photos, she always appeared bright and cheerful, flashing peace signs with the vibrant vitality unique to young women. She and streamer Chen Ze were friends in private; she led a simple life and never expected that one overseas trip would result in her going missing.
Online rumors claim that Qi Meng was trafficked to Mengbo County in Wa State, Myanmar by human smuggling groups and has since been sold to the Myawaddy scam park in Myanmar. Her family in China could not bear the shock and was hospitalized, while friends published a missing person notice online, hoping that those who kidnapped Qi Meng would contact them to discuss ransom.
Internet celebrity Chen Ze revealed that Qi Meng traveled to Thailand with a Chinese male "friend" she had not known for long online. They first went to Malaysia and then transferred to Thailand. The idea of taking a car to Chiang Mai was also suggested by that "friend," and it is suspected that he might have orchestrated the plan from China.
Chinese netizens expressed concern after seeing the news; many speculated that Qi Meng was too trusting, otherwise it would be difficult for someone to be directly trafficked to a Myanmar scam park right from Bangkok Airport. Others called for people to be vigilant when making friends to avoid falling into criminals' traps.