Police in the Philippines have arrested 41 Chinese and two Malaysian nationals associated with the kidnapping of the 48-year-old Singaporean woman from the Solaire Casino Resort in Manila on Monday.
Philippines National police chief Gen. Ronald Dela Rosa berated detainees as they were paraded before TV cameras on Thursday.
Wu Yan, thought to be a high-stakes tourist gambler, had been rescued by police from a condo in the city the following day.
Authorities stated the suspects they detained had been members of a loan-shark syndicate targeting foreign high-rollers. Eleven similar cases have actually been reported since 2015, according to police.
‘The group ended up being believed to result in a group of kidnapping incidents perpetrated against international nationals whom are high roller casino players in recent months,’ Justice Undersecretary Erickson Balmes told reporters that are local.
Nabbed for Ransom
According to Balmes, the target had been losing heavily at Solaire’s VIP baccarat tables whenever she was ‘befriended’ by the two suspects that are malaysian who lent her money to keep playing.
They later invited Wu to another casino, but alternatively took her to an apartment where she was physically forced and abused to record a ransom movie. A copy associated with the video clip was demonstrated to family unit members having a demand for an undisclosed sum of cash to secure her release. Continue reading “Philippines Police Arrest 43 After Violent High-Roller Kidnapping at Solaire Casino”