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Thailand abduction scare clouds Chinese New Year tourism prospects

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January 27, 2025 15:04 JST

BANGKOK/HONG KONG -- Chelsea Deng's family was supposed to reunite in Bangkok for the Lunar New Year this week. But after a Chinese actor briefly disappeared from Thailand in early January, she and her husband decided not to travel from London while their parents flew in from China.

Deng told her husband, "Except for Singapore, let's not roam around in Southeast Asia anymore."

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