MANILA – The Malabon City Police rescued a Taiwanese woman kidnapped by seven Chinese nationals, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said on Monday.
Based on the report sent to NCRPO director Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, the victim Wang Hui-Xin, 35, was abducted and brought by seven Chinese nationals to a house on Oak Street, Victoneta North, Barangay Potrero, Malabon City on Aug. 14.
The victim was invited by her friend named “Axin” to meet in Malate, Manila but never saw her friend and was instead abducted and blindfolded by the suspects on board a private vehicle.
Nartatez said the Malabon City Police received information about the abduction on Aug. 18 from an anonymous male Taiwanese national.
The informant told the authorities that the woman was presently detained at the aforementioned place as viewed through the location of the Global Positioning System (GPS) of the victim’s phone.
Acting on the information, the Malabon police proceeded to the place and rescued the victim and arrested two of the seven suspects on Sunday.
Nartatez identified the arrested suspects as Zheng Xi Lin, 34, and Ma Pun Xin, 36, both Chinese nationals.
The victim told the police she was raped twice by the suspects’ leader on August 18. She was also forced to transfer thousands of US dollars to the suspect’s account in a series of transactions: USD71,428 (PHP4,010,825); USD21,805 (PHP1,224,394); USD20,000 (PHP1,123,040); USD1,000 (PHP56,152); and USD10,000 (PHP561,520). (PNA)
