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Three Vietnamese men and one Vietnamese woman were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a compatriot for ransom and the alleged gang had confessed to the abduction of two other people before, acting city police chief Pol Major-General Kamronwit Thoopkrachang
Kamronwit told a press conference that the three male suspects, aged 19-28, and a female suspect aged 30 were arrested along with a knife and a cell-phone allegedly used in the kidnap of Vietnamese man Vien Van Trian on Sunday at 3am. They demanded a Bt100,000 ransom or else they would kill him, which forced relatives of the victim to send them Bt20,000. But they also alerted the police.
Inquiries revealed that the gang stayed near Mahidol University campus in Nakhon Pathom and led to their arrest. They also rescued the victim, who had been assaulted and forced to wear a hood over his head, in a rented room nearby. The gang confessed to forcing Vien to board a taxi at knifepoint and detaining him in the room. They said they targeted Vietnamese – followed and kidnapped them.
