The victim in the case, a 32-year-old Chinese woman who is studying in the kingdom at university filed her complaint with Thong Lor police on Friday after being kidnapped at 10 pm on Thursday night and held until the following morning in a rented, black Toyota Alphard van. During this time, she was forced at knifepoint to transfer ฿3.2 million into the account of her captors which included another Chinese woman who she had recently befriended in Bangkok.
Three Chinese tourists arrested on Sunday for the kidnapping and extortion of a fellow Chinese woman, a student, out of ฿3.2 million, on Monday were reported to be refusing to cooperate with police and demanding to speak with the Chinese Embassy as they claimed innocence in the matter. This is despite being positively identified by CCTV footage and several witnesses interviewed by police at Thonglor Police Station who took…
