According to the documentary, China’s Ministry of Public Security contacted authorities in Thailand and Myanmar to coordinate efforts to locate Wang.
A joint team eventually found him and discovered that he had been sold three times in just four days, the documentary said.
While held captive in Myawaddy, Wang had tried to buy his freedom, but his captors rejected the offer – telling him they were short of people, not money.
Chinese and Thai police later traced the case to a cross-border human trafficking network and arrested 17 suspects, according to the documentary. Yan was among those arrested.
After the documentary aired, Wang wrote on Weibo on Oct 7 that he was “deeply grateful to the motherland” and expressed his thanks to authorities.
FAILED TALKS WITH SCAM FAMILIES
The documentary also revealed for the first time that Chinese authorities had made three unsuccessful attempts to persuade powerful families in Kokang, a region in northern Myanmar, to shut down their scam operations.
It identified four families – the Bai, Wei, Liu and Ming clans – as having built extensive political, business and armed networks.