After the recent murder of two Taiwanese businessmen in Shenzhen, news has now arrived about the kidnapping and ransom of another Taiwanese businessman.
The most recent case involves a businessman surnamed Chen (陳) who heads a high-tech company making peripheral equipment for computers in Dongguan city, China. Chen disappeared last week, and soon thereafter his Taiwanese factory managers received a threatening phone call demanding Rmb10 million in ransom. The case was reported to the local Public Security Bureau while negotiations with the kidnappers proceeded regarding the ransom demands. Finally, Chen was released after a week in captivity when Rmb3 million was deposited by his family in a Taichung bank account specified by the kidnappers.
Police suspect that this may be another case of collaboration between Taiwanese criminals -- who masterminded the plot -- and their Chinese partners who carried it out. Public Security officials in China have already arrested three suspects, and Chen returned to Dongguan from Hong Kong yesterday to help identify the suspects and determine if others may still be on the loose.
Chinese officials appear to be taking this case very seriously because the victim had invested in the type of high-tech industry that China currently wants to attract. A special team of elite investigators has been sent from Beijing to Dongguan to assist with the case.
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