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Ransom paid, man returns from Myanmar
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January 23, 2009, Friday
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EIGHTEEN of the 19 known Chinese young people kidnapped in Myanmar and held for ransom have returned home, Shanxi Province police said yesterday.
The latest kidnap victim who was freed, 20-year-old Shang Jianbing, returned yesterday to China's Yunnan Province, which borders Myanmar, after his family paid a 25,000-yuan (US$3,676) ransom, police said in the boy's home town in Shanxi's Yuncheng.
That leaves only 24-year-old Qiao Yabiao still being held, officers said.
Qiao, forced to gamble by the kidnappers, lost 100,000 yuan. He is being held by kidnappers demanding 55,000 yuan from his family for his return, said Zhou Xin, head of the Yanhu District Public Security Bureau.
Teenage abductions have been reported in six county-level regions in Yuncheng since August 2008, said Ning Junjie, deputy head of the Yanhu bureau.
"The number of kidnapped might be higher than 19, but it will not increase drastically," Zhou said.
Most of those kidnapped were between 16 and 22 years old, police said.
The kidnappers tricked their victims into going to Myanmar in search of work. After arriving in the Southeast Asian country, the teens were confined, and the kidnappers phoned their families demanding ransom, according to police.
Most of the boys were freed because their families paid ransoms that ranged between 20,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan.
Police paid a ransom of 1,000 yuan for the return of 16-year-old Wang Jian because his parents were too poor to afford the demand.
Wang said two of his childhood friends told him he could find a job earning some 7,000 yuan a month in Myanmar. On October 12, Wang and two other boys followed the two friends across the border into Myanmar from Kunming, Yunnan's capital city.
Once they arrived in Myitkyina, capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar, they were confined in a room at a casino. The kidnappers forced them to call home asking for ransom money.
Wang said a dozen boys from Yuncheng were also being held in the casino.
He said they were all starving, thirsty and frequently beaten. Wang was even forced to eat excrement and threatened with being thrown into a cage with a bear.
Wang returned home early this month, weak and malnourished. He also had three burn marks on his left arm made by his kidnappers.
Another boy, Qiao Linlei, 19, was held in Myanmar in August last year and returned after his family paid 40,000 yuan to the kidnappers.
An initial investigation showed nine suspects were believed to be involved in the transport and kidnapping of the teenagers, said Zhang Yunbao, an officer of Yanhu police bureau.
Two male suspects, Zhang Donglin, 19, and Qin Ze, both Shanxi natives, were arrested on Wednesday. Another suspect was picked up yesterday, police said. The others are still being sought.
Most of the suspects were friends or schoolmates of the victims, police said.
The latest kidnap victim who was freed, 20-year-old Shang Jianbing, returned yesterday to China's Yunnan Province, which borders Myanmar, after his family paid a 25,000-yuan (US$3,676) ransom, police said in the boy's home town in Shanxi's Yuncheng.
That leaves only 24-year-old Qiao Yabiao still being held, officers said.
Qiao, forced to gamble by the kidnappers, lost 100,000 yuan. He is being held by kidnappers demanding 55,000 yuan from his family for his return, said Zhou Xin, head of the Yanhu District Public Security Bureau.
Teenage abductions have been reported in six county-level regions in Yuncheng since August 2008, said Ning Junjie, deputy head of the Yanhu bureau.
"The number of kidnapped might be higher than 19, but it will not increase drastically," Zhou said.
Most of those kidnapped were between 16 and 22 years old, police said.
The kidnappers tricked their victims into going to Myanmar in search of work. After arriving in the Southeast Asian country, the teens were confined, and the kidnappers phoned their families demanding ransom, according to police.
Most of the boys were freed because their families paid ransoms that ranged between 20,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan.
Police paid a ransom of 1,000 yuan for the return of 16-year-old Wang Jian because his parents were too poor to afford the demand.
Wang said two of his childhood friends told him he could find a job earning some 7,000 yuan a month in Myanmar. On October 12, Wang and two other boys followed the two friends across the border into Myanmar from Kunming, Yunnan's capital city.
Once they arrived in Myitkyina, capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar, they were confined in a room at a casino. The kidnappers forced them to call home asking for ransom money.
Wang said a dozen boys from Yuncheng were also being held in the casino.
He said they were all starving, thirsty and frequently beaten. Wang was even forced to eat excrement and threatened with being thrown into a cage with a bear.
Wang returned home early this month, weak and malnourished. He also had three burn marks on his left arm made by his kidnappers.
Another boy, Qiao Linlei, 19, was held in Myanmar in August last year and returned after his family paid 40,000 yuan to the kidnappers.
An initial investigation showed nine suspects were believed to be involved in the transport and kidnapping of the teenagers, said Zhang Yunbao, an officer of Yanhu police bureau.
Two male suspects, Zhang Donglin, 19, and Qin Ze, both Shanxi natives, were arrested on Wednesday. Another suspect was picked up yesterday, police said. The others are still being sought.
Most of the suspects were friends or schoolmates of the victims, police said.
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