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Four Chinese Nationals Face Kidnapping Charge After Singaporean Allegedly Held for RM3.28m Ransom
Judge denies bail to the four suspects, who face 30 to 40 years in prison and whipping if convicted.
- On Thursday, four Chinese nationals claimed trial at the Sessions Court in Balik Pulau, Malaysia, to charges of kidnapping 72-year-old Singaporean Quek Aik Teng at Penang International Airport on July 26.
- The accused—Liu Ting Jun, 46; Huang Jin, 39; Wang Hao Yu, 32; and Guan Siqi, 24—face charges under the Kidnapping Act 1961 and Penal Code, which carry potential sentences of 30 to 40 years imprisonment and whipping.
- Sessions Court Judge Ahzal Fariz Ahmad Khairuddin denied bail for all four suspects after hearing Deputy Public Prosecutor Ikmal Affendi Zulkifly emphasize the offence's gravity and ongoing passport verification by the Immigration Department.
- Defense lawyers Edward Ng and Counsel Azizul Hilmi Zulkifli requested bail, proposing passport surrender and periodic police reporting, yet the court scheduled document submission for October 15.
- These arrests follow an August 7 police operation in Taman Amira, Alor Setar, where authorities rescued two kidnapping victims; two foreign suspects were killed in a shootout during the raid.
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Four Chinese nationals were charged with kidnapping and holding a 72-year-old Singaporean man at Penang International Airport, Malaysia.
Four Chinese nationals face kidnapping charge after Singaporean allegedly held for RM3.28m ransom
BALIK PULAU, Sept 10 — Four Chinese nationals were charged at the Sessions Court here today with kidnapping a Singaporean man in July and demanding a ransom of SGD1 million...
·Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
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The Straits TimesFour Chinese nationals claim trial over kidnapping of Singaporean man in Penang
BALIK PULAU: Four Chinese nationals, including a woman, claimed trial at the Sessions Court here on Thursday (Sept 10) to charges of kidnapping a Singaporean man.
·Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
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