Police arrest 3 Chinese nationals

[webfact]

 

Three Chinese nationals were arrested for kidnapping and extortion. 

 

Police arrested three Chinese nationals in Thailand for allegedly kidnapping and extorting about 3.2 million baht from a Chinese woman. Officers arrested two men and a woman at a hotel in the Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province.

A 23 year old Chinese woman studying for a bachelor’s degree filed a complaint with the Thong Lor police on Friday. In it, she claimed she had been abducted by a Chinese girl she had recently met with the help of two Chinese men.

 

Full story: https://bangkokone.news/police-nab-3-chinese-nationals-for-kidnapping-extortion/

 

-- © Copyright BANGKOK ONE NEWS 2023-03-20

 

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[RichardColeman]

Can tell the Chinese are back purely by the rise of Chinese crime

[hotchilli]

24 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Can tell the Chinese are back purely by the rise of Chinese crime

Did it drop?

[webfact]

Chinese tourists arrested on kidnapping and extortion charges insist they are innocent 
by News Desk

 

41-year-old Mr Zheng Bo, one of three Chinese tourists who appeared before the Bangkok South Municipal Court on Monday charged with kidnapping and extortion after forcing a Chinese compatriot on the night of March 16th last to transfer ฿3.2 million from a range of financial accounts while held at knifepoint in an Alphard vehicle. All three were remanded in custody by the court until March 31st next as police continue their enquiries.

The victim in the case, a 32-year-old Chinese woman who is studying in the kingdom at university filed her complaint with Thong Lor police on Friday after being kidnapped at 10 pm on Thursday night and held until the following morning in a rented, black Toyota Alphard van. During this time, she was forced at knifepoint to transfer ฿3.2 million into the account of her captors which included another Chinese woman who she had recently befriended in Bangkok.

Three Chinese tourists arrested on Sunday for the kidnapping and extortion of a fellow Chinese woman, a student, out of ฿3.2 million, on Monday were reported to be refusing to cooperate with police and demanding to speak with the Chinese Embassy as they claimed innocence in the matter. This is despite being positively identified by CCTV footage and several witnesses interviewed by police at Thonglor Police Station who took up the case on Friday afternoon when the Chinese victim filed a complaint.

 

Three Chinese tourists were remanded in custody on Monday after appearing before the Bangkok South Municipal Court charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, extortion and carrying a lethal weapon in a public place by police at Thonglor Police Station in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2023/03/20/chinese-tourists-arrested-for-extortion-call-on-embassy/

 

-- © Copyright Thai Examiner 2023-03-21

 

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[sungod]

Nice people them Chinese........

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Three Chinese tourists arrested on Sunday for the kidnapping and extortion of a fellow Chinese woman, a student, out of ฿3.2 million, on Monday were reported to be refusing to cooperate with police and demanding to speak with the Chinese Embassy as they claimed innocence in the matter. This is despite being positively identified by CCTV footage and several witnesses interviewed by police at Thonglor Police Station who took up the case on Friday afternoon when the Chinese victim filed a complaint.

Follow the money transfer into who's accounts?

Evidence will follow soon.

[ChrisY1]

There's plenty more of them coming here....according to the Chinese ambassador....!

[PETERTHEEATER]

1 hour ago, ChrisY1 said:

There's plenty more of them coming here....according to the Chinese ambassador....!

The report stated that he 'predicted ' an increase. Clearly he uses the TAT model.

[Tropicalevo]

4 hours ago, sungod said:

Nice people them Chinese........

Many of them are ????

but a few are not  ????