Missing Taiwanese student allegedly smuggled into Myanmar from Thailand

A female Taiwanese university student who went missing on March 29 is believed to be in Yangon, Myanmar, after flying to Bangkok, according to police in Taiwan. Police believe she fell victim to a human trafficking gang. There is no record of her leaving Thailand.

The 20 year old student of Providence University, surnamed Lin, arrived in Yangon on March 30, according to Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation Bureau, which launched an investigation on April 2, reports Taiwan News.

Police say that Lin travelled from Taichung to Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport in a white car on March 30 and took a flight bound for the United Kingdom at 8am. However, Lin never reached the UK because she never boarded her connecting flight to London, disembarking in Bangkok.

Lin’s family grew concerned after she never returned to celebrate the Tomb Sweeping Festival with them in Taoyuan as she…