An 18-year-old high school student from Hefei, Anhui Province, disappeared last month near the China-Myanmar border in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, after flying from Nanjing. It has been over a month since he went missing, and there has been no news of him. This is the second recent incident of high school students disappearing near the China-Myanmar border in Yunnan.
According to Jiemu News, on the afternoon of July 14th, Hu Zongbing, a resident of Lujiang County in Hefei, said that his son, Hu Yixiao, took the high school entrance exam in March and went to Hefei to find a job in April.
He mentioned that his son’s mobile phone number was linked to his own, and his son liked to play games, using a lot of data every month. However, in June, his son’s data usage suddenly decreased, and they couldn’t reach him by phone. At the end of June, his wife went to his son’s workplace in Hefei and found no one there, so they reported him missing.
After investigation, it was discovered that Hu Yixiao flew from Nanjing to Xishuangbanna on June 5th.
On June 29th, Hu Zongbing arrived in Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, and learned from the local police that after Hu Yixiao came out of the Xishuangbanna airport on June 5th, his last sighting was near a hotel close to Mang Lexi Avenue and Mengla Road in Jinghong City. After that, he disappeared.
Hu Zongbing has been asking around in Jinghong City since June 29th, but over a month has passed, and there is still no news about his son. He suspects that his son may have been deceived into going to Myanmar, but there is no concrete information, and he is extremely worried. Jinghong City also mentioned that there is no further information about Hu Yixiao.
Prior to this, a 19-year-old student from Shaanxi, Peng Yuxuan, who was repeating a grade, went to work in Yunnan and also went missing near the China-Myanmar border.
Peng Yuxuan’s mother, Ms. Yang, told Yangzi Evening News Purple Bull News on July 13th that Peng Yuxuan had just finished the college entrance exam, filled out his preferences on June 28th, and then went to Xi’an to hang out with friends for two days. He then worked at a hotpot restaurant in Xi’an.
On July 4th, Peng Yuxuan started working at the hotpot restaurant, but since his mother didn’t want to disturb him, they didn’t contact each other that day. “We didn’t talk that day, and on July 5th, I received the news of my child going missing.” Ms. Yang said.
According to Peng Yuxuan’s friend, Peng Yuxuan said his aunt helped him find a job transporting goods to Yunnan, earning 200 yuan a day. However, he lost contact after reaching the China-Myanmar border. Later, it was revealed that the Yunnan aunt Peng Yuxuan mentioned did not exist; he had met this person online.
Before going missing, Peng Yuxuan’s chat history with friends showed that he arrived at Kunming Changshui Airport around 8 pm on July 1st and happily mentioned receiving 500 yuan to stay at a hotel. He took the subway from the airport to Tangzi Lane Station and then transferred to Line 2 to go to the hotel. Around noon on July 4th, his last location showed that he was at the Menglian Port in Pu’er City, Yunnan. After 2 pm that day, he disappeared.
At that time, Ms. Yang realized that her son had lied about working at a hotpot restaurant in Xi’an to avoid worrying her and had already gone to Yunnan. Later, she received multiple calls demanding 200,000 yuan to bring her son back. She said, “But our family is from the countryside, and we don’t have much money.”
Ms. Yang mentioned that the police are now involved. However, as of the afternoon of July 13th, there have been no developments.
The consecutive cases of high school students being deceived and going missing near the China-Myanmar border have raised concerns among many netizens. “Are they targeting students now?” “What about surveillance? Why isn’t it useful now?” “Why do they always deceive Chinese people? This group is really something.” “Wasn’t it said that they caught all of them? There are more?”
Some netizens also warned, “If your friends or classmates ask you to go to Yunnan for a big deal, don’t go. You might be that ‘big deal’.”