https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Wang_Xing
There was even a Chinese blockbuster movie about this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_More_Bets
But the scammer choose lawless places like Myanmar for a reason and while China can exert pressure on individual bigwigs, they can't stop those small enough to fly under the radar.
Low-thrust societies can not be repaired by topdown level commands. All that happens, is yet another paint job, another face restoring measurement, while the rot behind remains the same.This is not some "aberration" from the fringe of the Chinese empire- this right here, is a sample of its core values under the CCP, undiluted by propaganda cosmetics.
The values are not tied to a political party. They are tied to the people themselves and these values are not found only in China, but even more so in Vietnam and India.
- The original investors were Chinese
- The video footage shown is hosted on a Chinese platform
- The signage on the videos for "restaurants" and "hospitals" in the videos is in Chinese
- "A Chinese-style drum would echo through the compound each time a deposit of over $100,000 was received"
And the fact that Thailand receives a great deal of Chinese tourists, I expect at least some of the kidnappings affecting Chinese citizens - and then some of the scam victims to be Chinese as well.
I would expect China to be more affected and to able to exert more influence over this situation than Japan.