Thailand has been seeking to quell safety concerns among potential Chinese tourists ahead of the Lunar New Year travel period as fears have mounted over reported kidnappings on the Thai-Myanmar border.
Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar’s borderlands and are staffed by foreigners who are often trafficked and forced to work, swindling their compatriots in an industry analysts say is worth billions of dollars.
Concerns were raised after reports that a couple of rising Chinese stars were allegedly trafficked into cyber-fraud centres in Myanmar from Thailand earlier this month, fuelling fears on Chinese social media with netizens saying Thailand was a “dangerous” place.
The Thai government was boosting safety measures and combatting transnational crime, Paetongtarn’s AI image said in the video.
The PM’s video likeness – whose hands appear mutated at moments – emphasised at the start of the clip that it had been made with AI.
Source: CNA
