Reversal? The 19-year-old girl who was reported “missing” has appeared, saying that what happened—being beaten, threatened, and gang-raped—was all acting, and that she voluntarily traveled to Cambodia after meeting up with someone she met through online dating; she also accused that she had previously been sexually abused by her father, who earlier sold a car to raise money to pay a ransom of 110,000 yuan.

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A 19-year-old girl, Jingjing, was “lured” to a Cambodia telecom fraud park. The person controlling Jingjing claimed she was beaten and threatened with “gang rape,” and repeatedly demanded ransom from her father. Her father transferred more than 100,000 yuan in total but still failed to rescue his daughter—something then took an unexpected turn.

“The daughter was trapped in Cambodia for 2 months, and the controller threatened gang rape,”

The father says he paid 110k yuan in ransom but still didn’t get her back

Previously, a Mr. Tong in Nanyang, Henan posted online seeking help, saying that his daughter Jingjing suddenly went missing at the end of January. After investigations from multiple angles, they determined she was in a Cambodia telecom fraud park. The people controlling Jingjing repeatedly demanded ransom from him. During video calls, they also beat Jingjing and threatened gang rape.

Starting from February 8, the other party began demanding ransom from Mr. Tong. At first they asked for 200k yuan. “I’m scraping together everything I can, but I can’t come up with that much money. The other side told me to pay 6,000 USDT first (a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar), which is about 40k yuan. They said they would release her if I paid.” Mr. Tong said.

On the evening of February 10, Mr. Tong transferred the money to the other party as requested, but the other party didn’t honor its promise and didn’t release her.

Soon after, the people controlling Jingjing contacted Mr. Tong again to demand money. During the video call, they also beat Jingjing and threatened that if he didn’t transfer the money quickly, they would “gang rape her first with three or four people.”

To save his daughter, Mr. Tong sold his own car and paid another 9,990 USDT—about 70k yuan again to the other side. But they still didn’t release her. After the second payment, the other side used Jingjing’s phone to contact Mr. Tong again, arrogantly saying, “You come find me—if you can find me, then you’re amazing.”

On March 31 afternoon, the Xihu Station Branch of the Nanyang Public Security Bureau officially filed a case for investigation into Jingjing’s disappearance. But because the investigation involved cross-border matters, the difficulty was extremely high. Mr. Tong was anxiously hoping his daughter could be rescued as soon as possible.

But what was unexpected was that the story took a turn.

“The missing” 19-year-old girl appears in person,

saying she voluntarily went to Cambodia because of “online romance meeting in person,”

the kidnapping was acting, and she was also abused by her father

Recently, a “clarification” video posted by a girl who claims to be Jingjing has circulated on social media. In the video, the woman denies being abducted or coerced and says she went to Cambodia voluntarily and chose to stay.

In the video, the woman says that her original family was not happy, and her relationship with her father was strained. She said she had been sent to a juvenile detention facility and a mental hospital, and also claimed that her father sexually abused her. Soon after she was discharged from the mental hospital, she took a plane to Guangxi, and then arrived in Cambodia.

Regarding the previously circulated video showing her being beaten, the woman explained that the video was cooperating with others to act. The purpose was to get money from her family. “As for the money, he (the father) kept sending us messages at the time saying to give money. We just happened to have no money. We thought we’d use his money first, and when we have money later, we’ll pay him back.”

She also said that she was “forced into a corner” by her father and was worried about her situation after returning home: “If I go back now, it will be terrible. Either because I tricked him out of money, they make me go to prison, or they put me back into the mental hospital… I’m over here now, and people don’t want to keep me anymore. I don’t even know what I’m going to do next.”

A text that circulated along with the video shows that the woman says she went to Cambodia because of a “meeting up after an online romance.”

The father denies sexual abuse,

worries the daughter has too much pressure and doesn’t want to clarify too much

“I saw this video, and the police saw it too.” On April 3, Jingjing’s father, Mr. Tong, confirmed that the woman’s appearance in the footage has been identified as Jingjing.

“If I’m not treating the child well, and after something happens to the child, would I scramble to gather money from multiple places? Everything is verifiable.” Mr. Tong said. Regarding the “accusations” in the video about family relationships and sexual abuse, the police can investigate at any time. He currently doesn’t want to clarify too much because he’s worried that his daughter, while abroad, will bear even greater pressure.

Lawyer’s response

A Chinese person in Cambodia said that at present, ordinary mainland Chinese passport holders still need to apply for a visa to enter Cambodia, with a maximum stay of 30 days. After renewing the visa, they can stay another month. If Jingjing has kept staying in Cambodia and her stay time has already exceeded 60 days, she will face deportation.

Meng Fanjiian, a partner at a Shanghai deep-focus law firm, said that if Jingjing entered Cambodia illegally by way of smuggling, regardless of whether her initial motive was “meeting up after online romance” or other purposes, the act would have already been涉嫌 to constitute the crime of illegally crossing (borders).

Meng Fanjiian further pointed out that if Jingjing colluded with others and fabricated false facts such as “being abducted, being detained, and being sexually assaulted,” deliberately creating a dangerous illusion of herself being in danger, leading her parents to fall into a mistaken understanding. The total ransom payments have reached about 110k yuan. This behavior already meets the legal elements of fraud—“fabricating facts, concealing the truth, and obtaining other people’s property of a relatively large amount.”

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Source: China News Weekly, Yangtze Evening Post

Editor: Wang Cong

Proofreader: Liu Ming

On-duty director: Zhong Yuqin

Reviewer: Shi Yinan

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19-year-old girl trapped in Cambodia; her family paid ransom twice but was not able to secure her release; the controller threatened to carry out “gang rape”