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50 youths kidnapped, taken to Myanmar
By Li Xinran |
January 21, 2009, Wednesday
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AT least 50 youngsters from northern China's Shanxi Province have been kidnapped and some possibly tortured by gangs in Myanmar since August to extort ransom from their parents.
More and more teenagers in Shanxi's Yuncheng City have been listed as missing recently and the list is growing, The Beijing News reported on Monday. Chen Yunan, 16, and Shan Kexi, 19, were added to the list on Monday.
Parents told the newspaper that they lost contact with their children, who went to Yunnan Province for job opportunities or to visit school friends.
Zhou Dawei, 16, told his father Zhou Runsheng in September he planned to find a job in Yunnan with his friend Zhang Dong.
Zhou Dawei couldn't be reached shortly after he set off for his Yunnan trip.
Qiao Jianguo, a villager in Yuncheng, lost his son after the 15-year-old boy left his hometown to find a job in October.
Zhang Bo, a grade eight student, disappeared with his school mate Li Lei after attending a birthday party on October 12.
Money demanded
Thirteen-year-old Zhao Gang went missing on his way to school on December 2.
Families later received phone calls from Myanmar demanding ransoms from 40,000 yuan (US$5,847) to 80,000 yuan for their kids, who were heard crying and saying they had been tortured. However, the average monthly income for people in Yuncheng is about 800 yuan, the report said.
Strangers in the phone call told parents to pay the ransom into designated bank accounts and told them their children were imprisoned in Maijayang, a town cross the boarder in Myanmar and famous for its casino industry.
Qiao was warned in the phone call to pay the money immediately, otherwise his son would have his skin torn off.
Some parents were told they would receive their children's fingers if they didn't follow instructions.
A victim told his mother on October 8 that he would be beaten to death if she failed to transfer money that day.
Police in Yuncheng have received dozens of reports but couldn't take action due to jurisdictional problems.
Suspected kidnappers might be illegal immigrants from Yuncheng to Myanmar, police said.
It is suspected that victims may have been coaxed to the border by kidnappers, who promised they could earn vast sums of money in Myanmar.
After they arrived at the border, it is alleged they were thrown into cages and taken into Myanmar as prisoners.
More and more teenagers in Shanxi's Yuncheng City have been listed as missing recently and the list is growing, The Beijing News reported on Monday. Chen Yunan, 16, and Shan Kexi, 19, were added to the list on Monday.
Parents told the newspaper that they lost contact with their children, who went to Yunnan Province for job opportunities or to visit school friends.
Zhou Dawei, 16, told his father Zhou Runsheng in September he planned to find a job in Yunnan with his friend Zhang Dong.
Zhou Dawei couldn't be reached shortly after he set off for his Yunnan trip.
Qiao Jianguo, a villager in Yuncheng, lost his son after the 15-year-old boy left his hometown to find a job in October.
Zhang Bo, a grade eight student, disappeared with his school mate Li Lei after attending a birthday party on October 12.
Money demanded
Thirteen-year-old Zhao Gang went missing on his way to school on December 2.
Families later received phone calls from Myanmar demanding ransoms from 40,000 yuan (US$5,847) to 80,000 yuan for their kids, who were heard crying and saying they had been tortured. However, the average monthly income for people in Yuncheng is about 800 yuan, the report said.
Strangers in the phone call told parents to pay the ransom into designated bank accounts and told them their children were imprisoned in Maijayang, a town cross the boarder in Myanmar and famous for its casino industry.
Qiao was warned in the phone call to pay the money immediately, otherwise his son would have his skin torn off.
Some parents were told they would receive their children's fingers if they didn't follow instructions.
A victim told his mother on October 8 that he would be beaten to death if she failed to transfer money that day.
Police in Yuncheng have received dozens of reports but couldn't take action due to jurisdictional problems.
Suspected kidnappers might be illegal immigrants from Yuncheng to Myanmar, police said.
It is suspected that victims may have been coaxed to the border by kidnappers, who promised they could earn vast sums of money in Myanmar.
After they arrived at the border, it is alleged they were thrown into cages and taken into Myanmar as prisoners.
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