MANILA – Four foreign nationals implicated in the kidnap for ransom and killing of a Filipino-Chinese businessman in Quezon City have been arrested, the Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Group (PNP-AKG) said on Saturday.
The arrested suspects were Chinese citizens Bei Huimin, 30; Jielong Shen, 26; and Sun XiaoHui, 26; and Vietnamese national Hong Puc Le, 33, according to a news release.
"After receiving the information from the victim’s family, PNP-AKG operatives responded to the complaint and immediately commenced an investigation. However, while the investigation and backtracking were still ongoing, the kidnapped victim was killed by his captors and they threw away his cadaver in Tanza, Cavite in the morning of March 22, 2023," the PNP-AKG said.
The PNP-AKG sought assistance from the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission and Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center.
After getting all the pertinent data, the PNP-AKG conducted operations on March 23.
The three Chinese nationals were arrested after withdrawing the ransom money of PHP560,000 from a bank along Quirino Avenue in Parañaque City.
Hong was arrested later on the same day at a mall in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.
“The arrest of these individuals is an important step forward in our efforts to dismantle their group and protect our communities. Rest assured that justice will spring out and we will get to the bottom of this," PNP-AKG chief Brig. Gen. Rodolfo Castil Jr. said in a statement.
Fraudulent documents
Meanwhile, Bureau of Immigration (BI) authorities arrested another Chinese national for attempting to depart using a fraudulent passport on Saturday.
Lho Zhi Min, 53, was arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 as he tried board a Malaysian Airlines flight bound for Kuala Lumpur using a Mexican passport.
The officer doubted the authenticity of his passport and it was later found to be fake.
Lho will remain at the BI detention center in Bicutan, Taguig City, pending deportation proceedings. (with Ferdinand Patinio/PNA)
