Chinese fraudster arrested in Bangkok
published : 8 Oct 2024 at 11:34
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Wassayos Ngamkham
A Chinese woman who evaded arrest in China by having a facelift was arrested in Bangkok on Monday.
Police arrested Jing Qu, 30, at an apartment after receiving a tip-off.
She was accused of deceiving six compatriots into paying her for flight attendant positions with well-known airlines, earning her at least 7.5 million baht.
It is claimed she used the money for facelift surgery in Thailand in 2022 to evade warrants issued against her back in China.
After finding out where she was staying, a policeman posed as a food delivery rider to arrest her.
Ms Jing entered the country on a TR-15 visa, which gave her a 15-day stay, meaning that she had overstayed for at least 650 days.
She claimed to have been laid off from her flight attendant job and denied the accusations against her.
Ms Jing will be extradited back to China.
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Vocabulary
- accuse: to say that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime - กล่าวหา
- arrest: (of the police) taking someone to a police station because they are believed to have committed a crime - การจับกุม
- compatriots: people who are from the same country as you are - คนชาติเดียวกัน
- deceive: to persuade someone that something false is the truth - หลอก
- extradite: to officially send back someone who has been accused or found guilty of a crime to the country where the crime was committed for a trial - ส่งตัวกลับ
- facelift (noun): surgery to change to make face more beautiful - ศัลยกรรมตกแต่งใบหน้าให้ดูอ่อนกว่าวัย
- fraudster: someone who obtains money by deceiving people - คนหลอกลวง
- laid off: when someone to lose their job, usually because there is not enough work for them to do - การปลดคนงาน
- overstay: stay in a country for longer than you are allowed to stay, not leaving when your visa to stay in the country ends -
- pose: to pretend to be something - วางท่า
- tip-off: secret information or a warning given by someone - ข่าวเตือน จากวงใน
- warrant (noun): a legal document that is signed by a judge and gives the police authority to do something - หมาย
