Recently, a netizen posted that in April this year, a Chongqing couple went to Thailand under the temptation of a friend to "make a big deal", and their family lost contact with them after receiving the news of their arrival in Thailand. A week later, the family contacted the couple and said that they had been "sold" to Myanmar and their personal freedom was limited.

On May 25, Mr. Wang told Red Star News that his sister and brother-in-law were trapped in Myanmar. My brother-in-law is a cart driver. My sister takes care of children and the elderly at home. In April this year, the husband and wife told their families that they would go to Thailand to talk business. They went to Thailand on April 14 and returned home after a week. The chat record shows that at 7:08 am on April 14, they shared with their family on WeChat that the plane landed and they were going to visit the local place where the Water Splashing Festival was held first.

▲ Group photo of a family in the help video released by netizens

Mr. Wang said, Sister and brother-in-law A week after arriving in Thailand, he did not return as planned, but said in a video phone call with his family that they were trapped in Myanmar and could not return home. During the call, they kept quiet about their situation and what they were doing, just asking about the situation of the elderly and children at home. According to the recent news about Myanmar, the family speculated that they were forced to do "electronic fraud" in Myanmar parks.

After the incident, the family members reported it to the local police station. The notice of case filing presented by Mr. Wang shows that on May 11, the Shapingba District Branch of Chongqing Public Security Bureau filed and investigated the case of illegal detention of the husband and wife mentioned above.

▲ Notification of filing. Photograph provided by respondents

Mr. Wang introduced that the couple's daughter had just entered the first grade, his son was about to take the high school entrance exam, and there were elderly people who were ill at home. After the accident, the family lost an important economic pillar and was at a loss. I hope they can return home as soon as possible.

On May 25, the Red Star reporter called the Shaping District Branch of Chongqing Public Security Bureau, and a wiring worker said that the specific situation should be learned from the police station that reported the case. Mr. Wang said that the police station reported by his family was Fengwen Police Station. The reporter called Fengwen Police Station to verify the relevant information, and the wiring staff said that it was inconvenient to accept the interview.

According to the Beijing News, on May 24, Beijing News reporter It was learned from the Chongqing police that the local police had filed a case for investigation; The reporter contacted the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar about this matter. A staff member said that after the family members reported the situation to the embassy and registered, the embassy would handle it according to the formal process.

Red Star Journalist Wang Yuheng

Edited by Guo Yu and edited by Li Binbin