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Dec 9, 2009
S'porean tricks abductors
Businessman promised to pay captors but went to cops instead.
<!-- by line --> <!-- end by line --> KUALA LUMPUR - A PLUCKY Singaporean businessman kidnapped by a Malaysian gang was released when he promised to pay his captors more money. He then went to the cops instead and nine suspects, including a foreigner, aged between 19 and 47 were arrested. Among them are a student, a businessman and a civil servant. The victim, who is in his 40s, was kidnapped on Nov 13 and held captive for about three days in a hotel here. His captors demanded that he pay a ransom of US$1 million (S$1.39 mil) for his release but agreed to let him go after he managed to cough up US$200,000. They threatened to kidnap him again if he failed to pay the remaining US$800,000. However, after laying low for a week, the man lodged a report at the Dang Wangi police station, resulting in the arrest of nine suspects in several parts of the city over the weekend. Police are on the lookout for one more person, believed to be the one holding the ransom money. -- THE STAR
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Dec 9, 2009
S'porean tricks abductors
Businessman promised to pay captors but went to cops instead.
<!-- by line --> <!-- end by line --> KUALA LUMPUR - A PLUCKY Singaporean businessman kidnapped by a Malaysian gang was released when he promised to pay his captors more money. He then went to the cops instead and nine suspects, including a foreigner, aged between 19 and 47 were arrested. Among them are a student, a businessman and a civil servant. The victim, who is in his 40s, was kidnapped on Nov 13 and held captive for about three days in a hotel here. His captors demanded that he pay a ransom of US$1 million (S$1.39 mil) for his release but agreed to let him go after he managed to cough up US$200,000. They threatened to kidnap him again if he failed to pay the remaining US$800,000. However, after laying low for a week, the man lodged a report at the Dang Wangi police station, resulting in the arrest of nine suspects in several parts of the city over the weekend. Police are on the lookout for one more person, believed to be the one holding the ransom money. -- THE STAR
