Hunt for HK kidnap gang who fled with millions
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HUNDREDS of heavily armed officers are searching one of Hong Kong’s rural country parks in a massive operation to hunt down six men who fled with millions in ransom money after a kidnap.
The suspects, who took 29-year-old Queenie Rosita Law from her home, freed her after family members paid a reported HK$28 million (US$3.61 million). They had initially demanded up to HK$50 million for the release of Law, granddaughter of late textiles tycoon Law Ting-pong.
Footage from Cable TV showed uniformed officers descending on a village in the eastern part of the city in yesterday’s early hours, while hundreds of heavily armed officers have also been searching Ma On Shan Country Park since Tuesday, according to the South China Morning Post.
“My spirit and my body have not been harmed because of this kidnapping,” Law said.
Roadblocks have been set up and helicopters and marine vessels were deployed in the city-wide manhunt, which began after Law was released.
A police spokeswoman said the search operation was taking place “over the territory.” “Arresting them is just a matter of time,” an unnamed police source told the newspaper.
The southern Chinese city of 7 million people is for the most part considered safe, with violent crime in 2014 falling almost 10 percent from 2013. But a series of high-profile kidnappings shocked the city in the 1990s. The eldest son of the city’s richest man Li Ka-shing was kidnapped in 1996.
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