CHACHOENGSAO — Thai police are investigating the mysterious disappearance of a beautiful 38-year-old Chinese female student named Yan Ruimin, who went missing in Bangkok in early July, causing concern among her family and friends.”
Particularly alarming was the discovery of blood stains on a mattress and pillow in a house on Sukhumvit Soi 16, Bangkok. Miss Yan’s handbag pieces were later found burned in a public area in Bang Krud Subdistrict, Ban Pho District, Chachoengsao Province, where a suspicious man was seen driving around.
Mr. Cai, a 33-year-old student at Bangkok Thonburi University and a friend of Miss Yan, reported her missing to Bang Rak Police Station in Bangkok on Friday. He stated that his friend had traveled from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Thailand as a tourist. He could not contact her since July 1.
Meanwhile, Miss Yan’s relatives have come to Thailand and sought assistance from the Chinese Embassy to help find her quickly. This urgent action follows a mysterious person contacting the family, claiming to have kidnapped Miss Yan and demanding a ransom of 1 million yuan (nearly 5 million baht or $138,000).
The Metropolitan Police investigation team is intensifying their efforts but fears for Miss Yan’s fate. They have outlined the sequence of events as follows:
On July 1 at 17:26, a suspect named Mr. Ma Qingyan, a Chinese national from Anhui Province, drove a Honda City with a Bangkok plate to pick up Miss Yan near Times Square in Bangkok’s Asok area.
CCTV footage from Sunthon Kosa Road (Khlong Toei Market) showed the two stopping by the roadside at 18:05, buying and eating durian, then walking along Rama IV Road. At 19:43, they were seen “holding hands” as they returned to the car and left together.
On July 2, the same car entered Sukhumvit Soi 16. At 20:00, it left for Chonburi Province.
On July 3 at 02:00, the car returned to Chachoengsao Province. The car’s GPS showed it circling 12 locations in Chachoengsao, spending nearly 2 hours at some points. Miss Yan’s last phone signal disappeared at 04:58 near a public park close to Wat Sothon Wararam Temple.
At 13:46, Mr. Ma checked out and returned the rental car before traveling to Suvarnabhumi Airport. He left the country alone on Cathay Pacific flight CX654 to Hong Kong.
On July 4 at 00:12, Miss Yan’s WeChat Pay account was used to purchase items worth 9,694.76 yuan (about 48,300 baht) at a Carrefour in Macau, despite no record of her leaving Thailand.
On July 5 at 09:14, there was a payment of 229 yuan (1,140 baht) for dumplings at The Venetian Macao.
On July 6 at 17:04, a shopping payment of 1,043 yuan (nearly 5,200 baht) was made, and at 18:40, another purchase at a Macau Carrefour was recorded.
On July 12, Mr. Cai reported to Bang Rak Police Station that he had been in regular contact with Miss Yan. On June 30, he stayed at the Mandarin Hotel Surawong. On July 1, Miss Yan told him she was going to Phuket. On July 2, he tried to call her but couldn’t reach her.
Later, Police Major General Theeradej Thammasutee, Commander of the Investigation Division, and Police Major General Narawit Sukonthawit, Commander of Chachoengsao Provincial Police, rushed to the scene when notified that officers had found the remains of Miss Yan’s burned bag in an area near where the car had been circling.
Officials now fear that a large pink suitcase, waist-high, which is still missing, may have been used by the suspect to dispose of the Chinese woman’s body or body parts somewhere in Chachoengsao Province.
Authorities are appealing through the media for any members of the public who may have seen the suspicious vehicle before 01:30 on July 3 to provide information to the officials.
Previously, there were 4-5 cases reported in the news where Chinese female students studying abroad, such as in Australia, were lured to Thailand by scammer gangs to extort ransom from their relatives in mainland China. However, in Miss Yan’s case, it’s not yet clear if this is the same situation.
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