2 nabbed for kidnapping 19-year-old Chinese in Taguig

Two men were arrested for the alleged kidnapping of a 19-year old Chinese man in Taguig City.

According to a 24 Oras report by Marisol Abdurahman on Wednesday, CCTV footage showed the 19-year-old victim and a woman inside a fastfood chain in Barangay Sta. Ana, Taguig City. The man told authorities he was in the country to visit his father.

“Mga five minutes after nilang mag meet, sumakay na sila ng tricycle papunta dun sa Sitio Pulong Candy, Sta. Ana, Taguig City,” said Taguig Chief of Police Colonel Christopher Olazo.

(Five minutes after they met, they took a tricycle to Sitio Pulong Candy, Sta. Ana, Taguig City.)

The victim said the women he met up brought him to a house, where a group of men immediately tied and blindfolded him.

The suspects sent a photo of the captive victim to his family while demanding  a ransom of P5 million.

“Kinuha ang kanyang telepono, so nung madaling araw na yun nandun siya sa bahay. Lingid sa kanyang kaalaman na nakipag negotiate na pala itong mga suspect dun sa kanyang family,” said Olazo.

(They took his phone, ]he the early hours of the morning in the house. Hewas unawarw that the suspects were already negotiating with his family,)

“Nakipag negotiate ang mga magulang doon sa mga suspect na nahuli natin. Napababa [ang ransom] ng almost P1.1 million,” he added.

(The parents negotiated with the suspects who are now in police custody. They said lowered [the ransom] to almost P1.1 million.)

After his parents were able to pay the ransom via a courier, the bound and blindfolded victim was driven to Rizal where he was released.

The Chinese man was able to return to the place where he was staying before reporting what transpired to the Taguig City Police. Based on the information, authorities launched an operation that led to the arrest of the two suspects and the seizure of a .38 caliber pistol.

“Na-identify [ng biktima] na kasama [ang mga suspek] doon na nag kidnap sa kaniya,” Olazo said.

([The victim] identified [the suspects] as part of the group that kidnapped him)

Police were also able to identify five other accomplices, who still remain at large.

“Kasama [na] sila sa kidnap-for-ransom case na isinampa namin kahapon,” Olazo said.

(They are [already] included in the kidnap-for-ransom case that we filed yesterday).—Jiselle Anne Casucian/RF, GMA Integrated News