KLANG, Oct 26 – Police arrested five men, including a local citizen, on suspicion of being involved in the recent kidnapping of a foreigner in Sepang, said Selangor Police Chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan.
He said the alleged kidnap occurred on Oct 18 when the victim, who is a Chinese national, was travelling to Kuala Lumpur International Airport in an e-hailing service vehicle when they were stopped by a car at the Putrajaya Toll Plaza.
“Four foreign nationals got out of the car and kidnapped the victim who was then taken and locked up in a premises in the federal capital. A ransom of RM300,000 had been demanded from the victim’s family,” he said on Friday.
He said the police found the victim, who was injured after jumping from a building to escape, at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital on Oct 19.
Following that, he said, the police arrested four of the suspects, with another one, a local man, on Oct 22.
