Police make arrest in HK kidnapping case
Print Edition
Hong Kong police have arrested one of six suspects who fled with millions in ransom money after a kidnap, Hong Kong new police commissioner Stephen Lo said yesterday.
Hong Kong authorities launched a massive operation to hunt down the six suspects after a woman was released following a ransom payment of HK$28 million (US$3.61 million) from her family.
鈥淲e arrested one of the suspects relating to this kidnap case in Lo Wu this morning,鈥 Lo, who replaced Andy Tsang Wai-hung as Hong Kong police chief, told reporters.
Lo Wu is one of Hong Kong鈥檚 land border checkpoints connecting the city with the Chinese mainland.
Lo said the search for other suspects had been extended to the mainland.
鈥淎t the moment, we are still doing everything we can to look for other culprits. We are having very close cooperation with mainland authorities in order to find the wanted persons,鈥 Lo said, without giving further details.
Television footage showed that officers also descended on rural border town Sha Tau Kok, setting up roadblocks.
Hundreds of armed officers have combed through Hong Kong rural areas, including country parks and villages, since the release of 29-year-old Queenie Rosita Law, with helicopters and marine vessels also deployed. Law, granddaughter of late textiles tycoon Law Ting-pong, said at a press conference last week that she had not been injured.
She was held for at least three days by the kidnappers, who had initially demanded up to HK$50 million for her release, but settled on HK$28 million.
Hong Kong is for the most part considered to be safe, with violent crimes in 2014 falling almost 10 percent from 2013. Robberies also fell 38.2 percent to 309 cases in 2014, compared to 2013.
However, a series of high-profile kidnap cases shocked Hong Kong in the 1990s.
The eldest son of Hong Kong richest man Li Ka-shing was kidnapped in 1996 by crime boss Cheung Tze-keung, who also kidnapped property tycoon Walter Kwok in 1997.
Cheung fled to China鈥檚 mainland but was later arrested and executed in 1998.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
