China announced this week that it was revoking thousands of passports for citizens who are thought to have fled the People’s Republic to work in POGO hubs.<\/p>\n
According to the PNP-AKG, Chinese nationals look for gamblers losing big in Manila casinos. Agents approach the target and offer to lend them casino chips in exchange for the individual signing a promissory note. The victim is often required to surrender their passport at this stage.<\/p>\n
If the victim wins, the lender requires a 20-30 percent cut of the money. If the victim loses and cannot pay the loan, he is detained in a nearby hotel, where they’re often beaten and tortured on camera, images then sent to his family.<\/p>\n
\nPer a kidnapping flyer from the PNP-AKG, “The group will contact the family of the victim through WeChat and demand money in RMB currency as ransom\/payment for the victim’s debt in exchange for their release.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
According to the Philippines Revised Penal Code’s Crimes Against Liberty chapter, “The penalty shall be death where the kidnapping or detention was committed for the purpose of extorting ransom from the victim or any other person.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two Chinese nationals have been arrested in the Philippines and charged with kidnapping a man over his alleged failure to pay up on his gambling debts. Brig. Gen. Jonnel Estomo, director of the Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Group (PNP-AKG), said suspects Jiang Zhenqiang and Zhu Peijian, both 35, were arrested in Manila on Thursday and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":128250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Chinese Nationals Arrested in Philippines for Kidnapping Gambler<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n