The Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order on January 12 issued a statement, signed by its chairperson Ka Kuena Chua and founding chair Teresita Ang See, regarding the December 2020 kidnapping of James Yap. Yap, 21, was safely released on Jan. 6. He was kidnapped on Dec. 31 in New Manila and was released […]
A Chinese national working for a Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogo) and a former military man were arrested for allegedly kidnapping two Chinese workers who wanted to leave the gaming company. According to reports from the Philippine National Police’s Anti-Kidnapping Group (PNP-AKG), the suspects, identified as Zhu Li, who acted as a Pogo supervisor; and […]
Rescued: Chinese Zhang Benqin Abo, in Dongalo, Parañaque City, on Feb. 5. The Philippine National Police-Anti-Kidnapping Group arrested eight suspects — four men and four women. Police said Zhang and a companion were having breakfast in a restaurant near a Pasay City hotel when the suspects approached and talked to them. The companion reportedly left […]
Arrested: Chinese nationals Lin Zhi, Yi ShiJun, Sun Xiaohui and Chen Sujo, for trying to abduct an 18-year-old woman, in Makati City, on Jan 18. Makati City Police Station report said the woman was boarding a taxi in front of her house on Einstein Street in Barangay San Isidro when six people tried to grab […]
The Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Group (PNP-AKG) rescued two Chinese nationals in an operation in southern Metro Manila. It took a video as evidence, a naked Chinese man with a sleeping mask, apparently used to blindfold him, pulled up to his forehead, standing on bare feet while handcuffed to a bunk bed. The man, who […]
Zhou Mei, the Chinese woman kidnapped by four of her compatriots in Makati City on Dec. 9, returned home on Dec. 15. Her live-in partner, Chen Tanbing, told Makati police in a text message of her return and that Zhou, 28, will not press charges against her abductors. Police will complete documentation based on evidence […]
After almost two months in Abu Sayyaf captivity, British Allan Arthur Hyrons and his Filipino wife were rescued on Nov. 25 during a clash between the bandits and soldiers in Parang town, Sulu province. Hyrons and his wife, Wilma, escaped and ran toward the government forces while their captors were under heavy fire during the […]
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is looking into the alleged kidnapping of at least 15 wealthy Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) officials since 2013, its chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde said. Albayalde said some victims do not report the alleged kidnappings to police since they do not know the identities of the perpetrators. Some are afraid […]
The family of a 6-year-old boy abducted in 2016 finally received justice three years after he was kidnapped. The Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 86, in a decision on July 2, sentenced to life imprisonment 42-year-old Loida Annaway, who was accused of kidnapping the victim on April 18, 2016. The Philippine National Police-Anti-Kidnapping Group […]
Chinese kidnap victim Li Bo, 29, was rescued by police June 22 from his abductors. Police also arrested the victim’s alleged abductors: Yalong Ding, Mingmeng Zhang, Leilei Fang, and Quishun Li. Li, a tourist, allegedly was kidnapped after failure to repay a gambling debt of P200,000 with a five-percent interest per day. He was forced […]