asiaone.com - 1 month ago

SINGAPORE – A Chinese tourist was in Singapore when his aunt back home received text messages last week from an unknown person, claiming that her nephew had been kidnapped and asked for a 30,000 yuan (S$5,630) ransom. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) was alerted and, within three hours, officers found the purported kidnap victim, Liu Changjian, 33, safe and sound around Marina Bay. It turned out that the Chinese national had allegedly staged his own kidnapping to recoup his gambling debts of up to $30,000. Liu was hauled to court on March 11 and charged with one count of attempted cheating. According to court documents, Liu allegedly attempted to cheat his aunt when he was at the Marina Bay Sands Casino between March 7 and 8. The police said in a statement that he had entered Singapore on March 1 and was supposed to return to China five days later but failed to do so. Liu’s aunt later received the text messages via communication platform WeChat. The police added: “In the text messages, the unknown person forwarded the photo of the man’s travel document as proof.”

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