Security footage shows tourist being kidnapped at Thai airport
By Jon Rogers, The Sun
May 22, 2018 | 1:45pm |
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This is the shocking moment a tourist is brazenly kidnapped inside an airport moments after stepping off a flight.
Jincai Chen, 39, landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 6 in the evening after a short-haul flight from Hong Kong.
But shortly after leaving the plane, she was followed by four Chinese men dressed in black and one Thai woman.
CCTV next to a walkway shows Chen walking with two of the gang, who are holding her by the arms while another in a red shirt is a few paces ahead throughout the abduction.
The gang usher Chen through security checks before two more men dressed in black join the group at the luggage carousel.
Shockingly, police said the gang received help from 10 Thais — including a top immigration cop inside the airport — before demanding 15 million baht ($460,000) in ransom money from Chen’s husband.
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The disturbing crime — committed inside the secure area of the airport — only emerged after her husband paid 10 million baht ($311,000) but refused to cough up the rest and called police on May 18.
Chen — having been ferried to hotels and rented rooms across Thailand — was finally dumped on the roadside in the Bang Na district of Bangkok on May 19 at 11 p.m.
Police Major Gen. Surachate Hakparn, who is leading the investigation, said four Chinese people, a Thai woman named Wansikan Termthanapat and up to 10 Thais, including an unnamed police senior sergeant major from the Immigration Police Office, were involved in the abduction.
He said: “Arrest warrants have been issued for four Chinese suspects who have already fled Thailand. They are Wenqui Sun, Ming Song, Dongliang Sun and Meiling Kai.”
