Chinese police have detained a key suspect in a number of recent human trafficking cases linked to cyberscam networks along the Myanmar-Thailand border, including the kidnapping of a well-known Chinese actor earlier this month.

In a statement on Sunday, China’s Ministry of Public Security said that a “major criminal suspect” surnamed Yan was captured with the assistance of Thai law enforcement agencies and the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, Reuters reported. It added that Yan was extradited to China on Saturday and that an investigation is ongoing.

Yan was wanted in connection with the trafficking of Chinese actor Wang Xing, 22, who went missing on January 3 near Thailand’s border with Myanmar. After his girlfriend raised the alarm on social media, Wang was rescued on January 7........

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