A group of young guys from Quanzhou thought they were heading out to make a fortune following some older guys they trusted. Instead, the trip turned straight into a nightmare. One of them has a father battling cancer, and another just finished his military service. Both were just hoping to earn some cash to help support their families.
Less than 24 hours after landing at Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and taking a connecting flight to Thailand, their families received ransom videos from kidnappers.
The kidnappers demanded 40,000 US dollars for each man—an impossible sum for ordinary families. Neighbors in their hometown can only sigh, shaking their heads at how anyone could trick younger guys who trusted them. The families are frantic. They tried confronting the ringleader who led the trip, but he just brushed it off and has offered no proper solution while the men suffer in places like Myawaddy.
The weather outside is sweltering and choked with motorbike exhaust, but the families of the trapped young men feel only ice in their chests. Desperate and red-eyed, the families have vowed that if their loved ones aren't brought back safely, this debt will not be dropped. Making a living away from home means you can never give your trust away blindly. One wrong step, and you gamble away your freedom and your life.
