Kidnapped woman found safe, well
A Chinese woman abducted by a gang after arriving at Suvarnabhumi airport from Hong Kong and held for two week for a 10-million-baht ransom has been found safe and well in Bang Na.
Jincai Chen, 39, was abducted by five people, four Chinese and a Thai woman, after arriving at the airport on the evening of May 6 from Hong Kong, Pol Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn, deputy commissioner of the Tourist Police Bureau, told media yesterday.
The gang demanded a 2 million yuan (about 10 million baht) ransom from her husband, a Tanzanian citizen of Korean origin, he said.
The victim’s husband last Friday sought help from police, saying he and relatives had paid the ransom but the gang then demanded 1 million yuan more.
The gang kept Ms Chen captive from May 6 to 18. She was kept at a hotel in Bangkok, then at a house in Pattaya, Chon Buri and finally at a house on Koh Samet in Rayong province.
On Saturday, she was brought back to Bangkok blindfolded and dumped at the side of Bang NaTrat Road in Bang Na district, Bangkok.
Ms Chen contacted relatives who called the police.
The deputy commissioner identified the Thai suspect as Wansikan Termthanapat and the four Chinese as Wenqu Sun, Ming Song, Dongliang Sun and Meiling Kai, a woman. All still remain at large.
He said all four Chinese suspects had left the country before the woman was found on Saturday. Police were hunting for Ms Wansikan and other possible accomplices in Thailand. It was not clear how police were able to identify all five suspects.