Chinese students claim trial to faking kidnapping to extort RM2.9mil

Chinese students claim trial to faking kidnapping to extort RM2.9mil

KUALA LUMPUR: Two university students from China pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court today to staging a fake kidnapping in order to extort a ransom of five million Chinese Yuan, or RM2.9 million, from one of their mothers earlier this month. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

2 Chinese students in Singapore charged with faking Malaysia kidnapping to extort $900k from one of their mothers

Two Chinese nationals studying in Singapore were hauled to a Malaysian court on Tuesday (May 13) for allegedly faking a kidnapping. Zhang Runbao, 23, and Ye Yingxi, 18, are accused of staging the abduction of the younger suspect so as to extort five million yuan (S$900,000) from his mother Cheng Zhiwen, reported Malaysian national news agency, Bernama. Zhang is an undergraduate at the National University of Singapore, while Ye is a student at th…

Chinese students plead not guilty to staging kidnapping

The National University of Singapore students are accused of attempting to deceive one of their mothers into paying a RM2.9 million ransom.