2 abducted Chinese rescued

Officers from Bang Phong Phang police station rescued a Chinese man who had been abducted — with the kidnappers demanding a ransom of 1.8 million baht — from a hotel in Sathorn on Tuesday. Three of the 11 suspects were arrested.

Huang Ding Xuan, 30, was reported missing on April 16. The rescue operation was a joint effort of investigators from the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB), Bang Phong Phang police station and Lumpini police station.

According to Pol Maj Gen Noppasin Poolsawat, the MPB’s deputy commissioner, Mr Huan’s wife filed a complaint with an officer at Yannawa police station after he was taken from his apartment in the Tao Poon area. The case was later transferred to Bang Phong Phang station, as that was the area where the abduction occurred.

Mr Huan was abducted on the same day he had a discussion with a Chinese woman named Xiao Lei regarding a…