Filipino police saved kidnapped Chinese students

Filipino police saved kidnapped Chinese students

Manila (AP) - The Filipino police have certainly brought back a Chinese student who was kidnapped by a passage led by Chinese. In the incident, his driver was killed and the student's finger was separated in order to force his parents to pay a high ransom reported on Wednesday.

the kidnapping

The Interior Minister Jonvic Remulla announced that the parents rejected the ransom claim. The kidnappers, including former Philippine police officers and soldiers, exposed the 14-year-old student in the middle of a busy street in Metro Manila when the police approached their vehicle.

brutality of the crime

The kidnapping of the student on February 20, after attending a British school in Manila, the public alerted the public because of its insolence and brutality. Remulla told the reporters that the family of the student and the Chinese leader of the kidnappers were allegedly former operators of lucrative online gambling companies who were flourishing under President Rodrigo Duten, but was closed by his successor Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

online gambling and crimes

These online gambling companies, which worked in the Philippines, in Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries, had a large number of customers in China, where gambling is prohibited. "We know that this crime affects a Chinese against a Chinese," said Remulla, adding that the family of the student and the kidnappers communicated via the Wechat app in Chinese.

threats and violence

After the closure of illegal gaming companies in the Philippines, some criminals other crimes, including kidnappings, turned to, said Remulla. The authorities reported that online cryptocurrency pages as well as love and investment frauds continued to be a threat.

ransom claim

In order to increase the pressure on the student's family, the kidnappers demanded a ransom of $ 20 million, which was later reduced to $ 1 million. She cut off the tip of the little finger of the victim's right hand and sent a video of this cruel act to the parents, said Remulla.

Investigations and arrests

The student's driver was killed and later found in an abandoned vehicle, where decisive evidence, including cell phone numbers, were discovered. The suspects had apparently tried to leave the vehicle in a hurry. Remulla and police officer announced that the kidnappers were identified and are now being hunted.