Police nab 3 Chinese nationals for kidnapping, extortion

Police arrested three Chinese nationals in Thailand for allegedly kidnapping and extorting about 3.2 million baht from a Chinese woman. Officers arrested two men and a woman at a hotel in the Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province.

A 23 year old Chinese woman studying for a bachelor’s degree filed a complaint with the Thong Lor police on Friday. In it, she claimed she had been abducted by a Chinese girl she had recently met with the help of two Chinese men.

Though their identities were not released, the three Chinese nationals were arrested this morning and are currently being held for further investigation at Thong Lor police station in Bangkok.

According to the victim’s story, she went to dinner in Ekamai with the Chinese girl on March 16. After dinner the woman brought her to a…