The missing internet celebrity who went to Taiwan has been found; he turned out to be a runner for a fraud syndicate and was arrested locally!
Malaysian 31-year-old internet celebrity, Xu Zhenwen (Ady Hu), went missing after traveling to Taiwan with friends. His family held a press conference yesterday (18th), hoping to contact the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia for assistance in finding their son's whereabouts. Coincidentally, on the day he went missing (11th), the Yuanlin Police Branch of Changhua County arrested a 31-year-old internet celebrity with the surname Xu, who came to Taiwan for tourism but ended up as a fraud syndicate's runner. After investigation, it was confirmed that they were the same person, and Xu Zhenwen has been detained.
According to Taiwan media 'ETtoday News Cloud', the incident occurred in December this year. A middle-aged woman in Changhua joined a 'guaranteed profit' investment company platform on social media. After handing over a total of 2.3 million New Taiwan Dollars in two separate meetings, she realized she was scammed. On December 11th, when she arranged another meeting to hand over another 2 million New Taiwan Dollars to the fraud syndicate, the police arrested a 31-year-old man surnamed Xu. Reportedly, the man appeared bewildered and claimed to be an internet celebrity from Malaysia, who came to Taiwan to travel under the visa-free policy and heard he could make money while traveling, not expecting to fall into the fraud syndicate's trap. After police interrogation, he was charged with fraud, money laundering, and violating banking laws, and the case was forwarded to legal authorities with an approved detention request.
Xu Zhenwen's family held a press conference yesterday, hoping to contact the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia to verify their son's whereabouts.
After extensive verification by 'ETtoday News Cloud' reporters, it was confirmed that the missing son anxiously sought by his family, Xu Zhenwen, is indeed the fraud syndicate's runner arrested by the Changhua police. After confirming his identity, the police immediately notified the Malaysian office in Taiwan.