Lost for half a year! There are reports that a 28 year old man went to Myanmar and left the group after a trip to Thailand. Media | tour group | Thailand
In February this year, a 28 year old man named Heng Jiawen from Binzhou City, Shaanxi Province, went on a trip to Thailand. However, he lost contact with his family after leaving the trip. My family, who are far away in China, have tried every means to find his whereabouts, but so far there has been no news.
On August 17th, Ms. Du, a 54 year old mother, told "his cousin said he went on a trip to Thailand and said he would come back after playing for a week."
Heng Jiawen, 28 years old, is from Binzhou City, Xianyang, Shaanxi. He has been working in Xianyang since graduating from a technical school. His family bought him a house in Xianyang and planned to introduce him to a girlfriend, but he said he wanted to work hard for two years before making friends.
Ms. Du said that her son Jiawen lives alone in a new house in Xianyang, while she and her husband live in their hometown of Binzhou. My son is a very introverted person who doesn't like to talk much. After work, he likes to watch online classes on the computer and even self-taught computer programming and Japanese. My son rarely takes the initiative to contact his family, so he only replies on WeChat when there is something to do. He also didn't tell his family about his trip to Thailand.
On February 16th, Ms. Du, the mother, asked Jiawen on WeChat, "Is there a frying spoon in the new house in Xianyang? No, I'll bring you a new one next time." Jiawen replied, "Okay.". To Ms. Du's surprise, her son was not in his new house in Xianyang that day, but in Bangkok, Thailand, a foreign land. From that day on, Ms. Du could no longer contact her son.
Ms. Du said, "On February 17th, I asked him about something on WeChat, but he didn't respond. When I called, I found that he had turned off. At first, I didn't pay attention and thought his phone was running out of battery, but then I called for three consecutive days and it turned off. I was very anxious, so I contacted my cousin who had a good relationship with him. His cousin said he went on a trip to Thailand and said he would come back after playing for a week. There was nothing I could do, so I had to send him WeChat every day, hoping that he could contact me when he turned on."
Travel agency in Thailand for travel group: Leave the group and go find friends to play for a few days
After waiting for a few more days, Heng Jiawen's phone still turned off. Ms. Du went to the police station in Binzhou to report to the police, and the police helped to find Heng Jiawen's exit record.
Ms. Du said, "The Binzhou police have found that at 8:13 am on February 12th, Jiawen left Guangzhou Baiyun Airport for Thailand with a travel group. They also checked his mobile phone call and check-in records and found that he went to Weinan on February 10th and stayed at a local hotel. The next day, he took a high-speed train to Guangzhou and stayed overnight in Guangzhou before departing for Thailand. I suspect he went to Thailand with friends in Weinan, but when I called Weinan on the call records, I couldn't get through."
Ms. Du said, "After I reported to the police, Officer Huang from Binzhou Police specifically went to Guangzhou Airport to investigate and found out that Heng Jiawen was with a group through Zhuhai Airlines International Travel Agency. However, this travel agency said it was only responsible for booking flights, and they were with a travel group from Shenzhen Travel."
So, Ms. Du went to Shenzhen to find out why her son did not return to China with the tour group since he had signed up for it. She said, "After I reported to the police in Shenzhen, personnel from Shenzhen Travel responded that on February 17th, Heng Jiawen chose to leave the group. He said he had friends in Chiang Mai and would go to play for a few days before returning home. Before leaving the group, he signed a departure agreement."
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In May this year, after her son was missing for three months, Ms. Du went to Thailand alone to search for her son. She said, "I know I went late. I've always wanted to go to Thailand to find my son, but my spouse is not in good health and can't take a plane. I haven't taken a plane before, and I can't speak a word of English. I can't find anyone to accompany me to Thailand. Every day, tears wash my face. It wasn't until May that I made up my mind to go to Thailand to find my son."
In Shenzhen, Ms. Du hired a lawyer to help find her son. With the help of a Shenzhen law firm, I helped her contact the Thai law firm Wenhua. After Ms. Du arrived in Thailand, Wen Hua Law Firm found a translator to accompany her in searching for her son.
Ms. Du said, "The translator accompanied me to the hotel where my son stayed last. I want to know who he left with that day. He has not had any activity since he left the hotel. But because it has been too long, there are no surveillance videos. I went to the Chinese embassy to help find someone, and the embassy found no record of Jiawen leaving the country from the Thai immigration office. The embassy suggested that I report to the police in Thailand."
Report to the police in Thailand, file a case, and present their withdrawal agreement to the local authorities in Thailand
So, accompanied by a translator, Ms. Du went to the police station in Bangkok to report to the police. After the police filed the case, they contacted the Thai representative of the travel group at the time, who provided a departure agreement.
The departure agreement provided by the Thai representative states: "Due to personal reasons, after the trip of Mamba from Thailand, he/she requests to leave the group and will not return to China. All expenses during the departure period will not be refunded, and his/her personal safety and expenses incurred after leaving the group will be borne by him/her, without any relationship with the travel agency or tour guide. This is to certify." Finally, there is a signature from Heng Jiawen, dated February 17th.
Ms. Du said, "The signature of the detachment agreement seems to have been written by my son, but the content is written crookedly. I am not sure if it was written by my son. I want to know if it was my son who left the group at that time or how many people did, but I have not received a response. The Thai lawyer's office is responsible for contacting the Thai police, and the response I received is that the case has not progressed yet."
After staying in Thailand for a week, Ms. Du chose to return to her home country first. She said, "In Thailand, I don't even dare to leave the translator's door. Every day, the translator takes me to the hotel, where I eat cookies and drink water until the translator comes to pick me up the next day. The translator is charged on a daily basis, and waiting is not a solution. I can only go back to my home country first."
The Chinese Embassy confirms that the news is still waiting for the investigation results of the Thai police
On August 18th, a staff member of the Consular Protection Department of the Chinese Embassy in Thailand told the family how to deal with Chinese citizens who are lost in Thailand? The staff member said, "If a Chinese citizen is lost in Thailand and their family members do not know their specific location in Thailand, they can provide relevant materials to the embassy. The embassy will help check the entry and exit records. If they know their specific location in Thailand, we suggest reporting to the police directly in Thailand."
Heng Jiawen has been lost in Thailand for half a year. What should the family do next? The staff member said, "We suggest that the family of Heng Jiawen continue to maintain contact with the Thai police. In this situation, only the police have the right to handle this matter. Heng Jiawen's family has already hired Thai lawyers, and specific matters can also be handled by lawyers."
Chinese media in Thailand: People are on the side of Miaowaldi
Ms. Du tried every means to find her son, and even asked Thai lawyers to help post a missing person notice on local Chinese media. The lawyer's secretary replied that Chinese media reported that there were reports that the person had arrived in Myawady, Myanmar. When Ms. Du asked about her son's specific location in Myanmar, she did not receive a response.
On the morning of August 18th, Ms. Liang, the legal secretary of Thailand's Wenhua Law Firm, told
When asked about the name of the Thai Chinese media who posted the missing person notice, Ms. Liang expressed that it was inconvenient to disclose it and needed to ask for the opinions of the Chinese media. On the afternoon of August 18th, when asked again by the reporter about Ms. Liang, she said, "Time won't be that fast. The Chinese media haven't replied yet, and I'm not convenient to tell you."
Follow Myanmar's news every day and hope to post information on finding people in the Miaowadi "Park"
Nowadays, Ms. Du is eagerly anticipating news of her son every day. She said, "The first thing I do when I wake up every day is to make a phone call, call my son, call the embassy, call the lawyer's secretary. My son's phone has been turned off all the time, and I'm afraid he won't be able to contact home without a phone bill when he turns it on. I even recharged his phone bill."
Recently, there have been frequent reports in Myanmar about overseas criminal gangs enticing and forcing Chinese citizens to participate in illegal activities, and even committing kidnapping and extortion. Hearing these news made Ms. Du extremely anxious. After learning that her son may be in Myanmar, she stated that her next step is to find someone to post search information in some "parks" in Myawady, Myanmar.
On August 18th, Ms. Du told reporters, "I pay attention to the news in Myanmar every day. I just saw a news that a PhD from the Chinese Academy of Sciences has been scammed to Myanmar for a year. You said that people with such a high level of education can also be scammed. Doctorals will be scammed, and my son should also be scammed to Myanmar. Every time I see such news, my heart is torn and I think day and night. Where is my son? I hope kind-hearted people can provide clues. If anyone knows his whereabouts, I will definitely thank you for a lifetime."
