25 August 2018
Sihanoukville, Cambodia News: Police in Preah Sihanouk province have arrested three Chinese nationals for allegedly confining a Chinese citizen in order to force his relatives to pay up to $4,000 in ransom, according to Sihanoukville police reports.

On August 23, 2018, at 23:30pm, police received a telephone complaint that a Chinese man was being held hostage by other Chinese nationals. After receiving the telephone complaint, the Criminal Police Department conducted a careful investigation until August 24, 2018 at 3:30 pm, when they moved in to rescue the man from Room 205 Of Wei Ching Hotel Group 7, Village 2, Sangkat 2, Sihanoukville.

The victim was identified as YANG JIE, a 32-year-old Chinese man, and three suspects are: 1. WANG LE PIN, 31 year old, 2. LU MING JIAN, 32 years old, and 3- XIAO SONG Male, 28 years old. The three suspects are all Chinese nationals, working for the casino in Group 7, Village 2, Sangkat 2, Sihanoukville.

According to the authorities, this case happened because the victim had borrowed a $ 4,000 cash bond to gamble in their casino. But when the money was spent and lost by the victim, the suspects grabbed him and locked him up, so they could get the victim to contact his relatives or friends to ask them for ransom money for his release.
The three suspects are still pursuing the procedure at the Sihanoukville Police Station.