Victim’s aunt suspected in bribery scheme
PUBLISHED: 19 Jul 2024 at 14: 34
Three Foreign men eluded Hong Kong after breaking into a home in Chon Buri, extorting a friend for money, and kidnapping his female cousin on Wednesday nights.
In the early days of Thursday, authorities learned about the alleged abduction of three Chinese people and their alleged hostage to the Suvarnabhumi aircraft from a crucial witness.
Investigators believed the defendant’s cousin allegedly conspired with the three men to extort the business.
According to Pol Capt Damchaluay Samkhanying, assistant research chief at Nong Prue place, the incident occurred in a luxurious accommodation house in tambon Nong Prue, which was reported around 1am.
Qian Peng Yi, the home owner, was clearly afraid and appeared to be tied up with a wire when officers and immigration officers discovered him.
Qian, 34, told authorities that a group of three people invaded his residence at 9pm, and one of them brandished a weapon at him, directing him to his room. They then forced him onto the bed, pinned his hands and feet, and shackled him with linen.
The attackers coerced him to move 10 million baht to a bank account, threatening the existence of his 33-year-old aunt, Tu Peizhi, who was in her second-floor home.
They even ransacked the apartment in search of goods.
Despite ongoing pressure to transfer the money, Qian refused. Soon after, he managed to escape the home when the people were no watching. He hid near after he saw them leave with his niece in a vehicle.
In the earlier days of Thursday, the property owner sought support and filed a police problem, fearing for his friend’s protection.
Officials went inside the house and looked at the security camera footage taken at the field and local neighborhoods.
A 30-year-old truck drivers arrived at Bang Lamung officers station on Thursday around 9 p.m. after being contacted by a company to move Chinese tourists from Pattaya to Suvarnabhumi airport.
The pilot reported to the police that he had been given instructions to pick them up at a resort on Soi Pornprapanimit 7, which is located about a kilometer from the Taiwanese politician’s house, at 10pm on Wednesday. Despite waiting, the users did not emerge from the resort.
After many delays and extra fees promised, a group of four Foreign individuals, one perhaps a person disguised as a person, arrived at around 11.15pm. He therefore transported them to the aircraft, arriving around 1am, for which he was paid 1, 800 baht.
The pilot photographed the party smoking at the airports access, identifying one as the victim’s cousin. Researchers have a suspicion of collaboration between her and the three defendants in the assault of her aunt, which is supported by the timeframe indicating the men’s synchronized arrival and departure from Thailand on the same trip.
According to a police cause, officers were gathering information in order to request permission from the Pattaya Provincial Court to challenge arrest warrants for the four Foreign citizens, including the reported abductee.