A Chinese pair was detained after forming a group that assaulted and ransomed two colleagues, including an ex-husband, for about 12 million ringgit.
Liu Bomr and Du Yangzhen were named as two of the arrested suspects by Pol Maj Gen Nopasilp Poolsawat, assistant director of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, on Tuesday. They were also said to be among six suspects in the violence case.
According to the assistant director, the Chinese girl, Du, was a former spouse of one abductee. She claimed to having informed her new partner that her ex-boyfriend had abused her. Her new father was angry and planned to exact punishment by robbing the man.
The new father got in touch with another Chinese man by the name of Tong, who next recruited three Myanmar people to form the robbery group.
The group gathered at a occupied apartment in the Lat Phrao-Wang Hin neighborhood to plot the offense.
The lady then called her ex-husband next Saturday and demanded that he deposit 3.2 million ringgit in cash, alleging that a customer wanted to transfer digital money for the sum.
Five armed men, all dressed up, made an arrest at Anget Property ( Thailand ), which is located in a rented home on Ratchadaphisek 24 Road in Bangkok’s Huai Khwang district, fifteen minutes later. They also took both victims to Nakhon Nayok state and robbed the man and another Chinese gentleman of the 3.2 million-baht of money.
There the gang threatened to kill both unless they transferred them USDT270, 000 ( about 9 million baht ).
After the other proportion was transferred, the crew returned to Bangkok and relieve the patients on Nawamin 100 Road on Sunday.
The group shared the money at their rented home in the Lat Phrao-Wang Hin neighborhood. After that, Mr. Liu and his family traveled to Pattaya before returning to the Suvarnabhumi aircraft in Samut Prakan state.
On Monday evening, the gentleman was apprehended at the Suvarnabhumi aircraft for Sky Angkor Airlines flight ZA679 to Phnom Penh.
The woman was detained at the rented home in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao-Wang Hin neighborhood, where police also discovered criminals ‘ clothing and plastic cuffs. Both confessed to the crime.
Four additional suspects allegedly escaped to Cambodia through Chanthaburi Province, according to Pol Maj Gen Nopasilp.
Police were also looking into the victims ‘ property company to learn why it offered cryptocurrency exchange services and how it had raised money for the company.
Prior to this, Immigration Police Division 2 claimed that Mr. Liu had an Ecowas card, a typical card issued by people of the Economic Community of West African States.
Xie Chuanqi and Xie Chuanfa were the subjects, according to immigration authorities.