After reportedly being abducted while out on a night out and being held captive in the Philippines for 20 days in a dog cage, a Chinese lady was able to escape.
On October 6, the lady was freed from her kidnappers who had held her hostage in a home in Barangay Alangilan, Batangas City, for about three weeks.
Officers in the area discovered the victim, a Shanghai resident whose identity has been suppressed for security, at a convenience shop and took her to the police station.
After getting a video from an unidentified number on his phone that purportedly showed his girlfriend being beaten with a baseball bat, the woman’s boyfriend reported the incident.
The suspects, according to him, phoned him later and demanded a $200,000 ransom for her release.
She ran from the residence, but when law enforcement arrived, the suspects had already left.
They also found the little cage where the lady was held captive, which included a red bucket and several cushions.
She was reportedly abducted on September 17 while out with a companion at a bar in Angeles City, Pampanga province’s red light district, around 120 miles from where she was freed.
A reported abduction in the same city on the same date was confirmed by the police anti-kidnapping unit.
The victim, according to the boyfriend, was driven off in a white Toyota Fortuner by three people: two Chinese and a Filipino.
How the victim managed to escape her captors and escape the cage is still a mystery.
I thank the staff of Batangas City Police Station for rescuing the victim, Brigadier General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., head of Police Regional Office 4A, said in a statement.
“Your quick action prevented another abduction involving Chinese citizens.”
Such crimes shouldn’t continue to occur in our area. To prevent potential abduction and other crimes, we should bolster our intelligence activities and keep police officers on the streets.
“I want this case to move forward right away, and I also want the kidnappers to be brought to justice.” These crooks who preyed upon defenseless citizens for their own benefit must be tolerated.