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一 |     当地时间1月10日，据泰国媒体报道，1月9日，泰国曼努特种部队第421步兵连派出一个行动小组，在达府朴帕县下辖的一个村庄附近执行巡逻和监控任务，目的是阻止和防范非法行为。    Christie's has canceled the second auction of jewels belonging to an Austrian billionaire, whose German husband made his fortune under the Nazis, following "intense scrutiny," it said Friday. The auction house held a first controversial online and in-person sale in Geneva of part of the large stash of more than 700 jewels in May, and had been scheduled to hold a second round in November.But in a statement it said "Christie's has taken the decision not to proceed with further sales of property from the Estate of Heidi Horten."

             

With just a portion of the collection sold, the auction eclipsed previous records set by Christie's in sales of properties that belonged to actress Elizabeth Taylor in 2011 and the "Maharajas and Mughal Magnificence" collection in 2019, both of which exceeded $100 million.      Hopes had been high for similar results from the second round. But following an initial report in the New York Times, Christie's sent a statement to AFP confirming that it had canceled the second round, acknowledging that "the sale of the Heidi Horten jewelry collection has provoked intense scrutiny.""The reaction to it has deeply affected us and many others, and we will continue to reflect on it," it said.

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A large number of Jewish groups had asked Christie's to halt the initial Horten sale in May, describing it as "indecent" and demanding that the auction house do more to determine how much of it came from victims of the Nazis.                 The extraordinary collection belonged to Horten, who died last year aged 81 with a fortune of $2.9 billion, according to Forbes.A report published in January 2022 by historians commissioned by the Horten Foundation said Horten's husband Helmut Horten, who died in Switzerland in 1987, had been a member of the Nazi party before being expelled.

    

                                                     

    

In 1936, three years after Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany, Horten took over textile company Alsberg, based in the western city of Duisburg, after its Jewish owners fled. He later took over several other shops that had belonged to Jewish owners before the war.Christie's in May defended its decision to go ahead with the sale, with Christie's international head of jewelry Rahul Kadakia telling AFP that all of the proceeds would go towards charities.                      "Christie's separately is making a significant donation towards Holocaust research and education," he said at the time, stressing that the "proceeds of the sale is going to do good."                                 

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。在巡逻过程中，行动小组发现了两名外籍男性，立即确认了他们的身份。

二 | 1. 吴长青（音译），27岁，中国国籍。2. 朱超（音译），36岁，中国国籍。这两名中国公民通过翻译表示，他们于1月9日凌晨5点左右通过素万那普国际机场入境泰国，计划前往清迈旅游。两人随后入住了素万那普机场附近的兰花度假酒店。

三 | 在此期间，他们与一名包车司机商定，以2000泰铢的价格将他们送往清迈旅游。9日上午10点，一名泰国男子驾驶一辆灰色三菱帕杰罗汽车前来接两人，并于下午6点将他们送到达府朴帕县。司机告知他们稍等约30分钟，将会有另一辆车前来接应，随后安排他们前往对岸（缅甸）。当晚6点20分，泰国曼努特种部队巡逻时发现两人并进行盘问，确认他们可能是受骗被人口贩卖集团拐卖，因为该区域可通过天然通道步行进入缅甸。随后警方将两人带到达府湄索警察局登记备案，并安排将两人送回住所，联系其家人安排回国行程。来源 | 潇湘晨报综合我们视频、中国新闻社、“泰国星暹”微信公众号 B51。

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