BEIJING, July 6 -- A 25-year-old Chinese model has been rescued from human traffickers in Myanmar after vanishing en route to what he believed was a modelling assignment in Thailand.

VN Express reported that Zhong Hao Bin, who has been modelling professionally for the past four years, disappeared in early June after accepting what appeared to be a legitimate offer to pose for a magazine.

He flew from Guangzhou to Bangkok on June 8 and was taken to Thailand's Tak province near the Myanmar border - where his family lost contact with him.

Concerned for his safety, Zhong's sister took to the Chinese social media platform Weibo, describing how her brother had always been kind and trusting, and had shouldered the responsibility of caring for...