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119 Chinese citizens were forcibly searched at the Thai airport, and the Chinese Embassy in Thailand

Recently, some media reported that '201 Chinese citizens were brutally searched at Bangkok airport, Thailand'. The Chinese Embassy in Thailand made a briefing on the relevant situation:

At about 14:50 p.m. on January 14, the embassy received a call for help from Chinese citizens, saying that when his Kenya Airlines flight stopped at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand asked all passengers to get off the plane for inspection because a passenger on board claimed to have lost $20000.

Subsequently, the Chinese Embassy in Thailand immediately contacted the airport authority, police and airline personnel for verification. According to the Thai police, Kenya Airlines flight kq886 stopped in Bangkok from Nairobi and flew to Guangzhou. There were 207 passengers on board, including 119 Chinese and 88 non Chinese. During the flight, a Ugandan passenger said he lost $20000 he carried with him. When stopping in Bangkok, Thai airport authority and police staff boarded the plane and asked all passengers to accept inspection at the corridor bridge according to the airport passenger security inspection procedures.

Since then, the police found $2000 strapped with rubber bands around the waist of a Chinese passenger. The passenger and his entourage were taken away for further investigation. Another five Chinese passengers were refused boarding by the captain on safety grounds because of intense emotion and failure to cooperate with the inspection. All other Chinese passengers left Bangkok for Guangzhou at about 19:00 after receiving the inspection.

The embassy has been in contact with the Thai side, expressing concern about the 12 Chinese citizens staying at Bangkok airport and demanding that their legitimate rights and interests be effectively protected. Thailand claimed that the owner believed that the characteristics of the cash strapping found on the waist of the Chinese passengers were the same as those of the cash strapping he lost, and pointed out that he thought he had lost it, but Thailand believed that there was no conclusive evidence, and finally decided to release the seven Chinese passengers. The other five Chinese citizens were not dealt with by the Thai side.

With regard to media reports that the Ugandan passenger recovered the lost money after the plane took off, the Thai police said that the matter was not true. The passenger went to the airport police station at about 20:00 that night to report the loss of $20000, which has been officially accepted by the police&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;