Police Raid Villa, Rescue Three Women Held by Chinese Gang
Police in Chachoengsao Province rescued three Chinese women held captive by a Chinese gang at a villa in Bang Lamung District after one victim sent a distress message via WeChat. Four Chinese men were detained at the scene, where officers a
At 12:30 a.m. on September 23, 2569, Deputy Commander Nappaspong Kortsitsuriymani of Chachoengsao Provincial Police received an urgent request for help from relatives of a Chinese woman. The woman had sent a message claiming she and others were being held captive by a Chinese gang and asking police to intervene.
Deputy Commander Nappaspong coordinated with Captain Sarawuth Nuchnarot of Bang Lamung Police Station and assembled a joint task force of around 20 officers from police stations, immigration, and tourism police. They surrounded a two-story house in Bang Lamung District, Chachoengsao Province. Officers climbed the front fence and took control of one Chinese man sitting in the lower living room.
Searching adjacent rooms on the lower floor, they found two more Chinese women. Upstairs on the second floor, they found three additional Chinese men. In another bedroom on the second floor, officers discovered a Chinese woman in sleepwear, visibly distressed and disheveled. She became visibly relieved upon learning police had come to help.
Officers also recovered a metal chain used to restrain victims, multiple condom packets, and items related to methamphetamine use, including a used pipe.
Deputy Commander Nappaspong revealed that around 11 p.m. on September 22, relatives of a Chinese woman reported her in danger after she sent a WeChat message requesting help. The message stated she had no access to her phone, was being held captive, and warned recipients not to reply to that phone number. She mentioned several men and three women were present and requested police assistance with large numbers. She also sent location coordinates for a two-story villa and warned officers to approach carefully, noting the occupants had no guns. She further cautioned that any reply might endanger her and asked to relay a message to someone named "Jee Suang" not to contact her.
Passport checks identified three Chinese women: Liu, 36; Liu, 32; and Xing, 23. All hold Chinese nationality. Initially, the three women stated they were hired via contact to work as entertainers but were detained upon arrival, sexually assaulted, and subjected to ransom demands on their relatives.
The four detained Chinese men had no passports and had illegally entered Thailand through unspecified means.
