Thai Police Rescue Chinese Student from Elaborate 'Virtual Kidnapping' Scam
Thai police have rescued a 21-year-old Chinese student manipulated into staging her own kidnapping by an international scam network aiming to extort millions of baht from her family. Investigations revealed the student was not physically abducted but was under psychological duress.
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