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Three Thai policemen charged with kidnapping Chinese man in botched scam in Bangkok

Three police officers were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly kidnapping a Chinese national and his female interpreter during a botched passport-renewal scam in Bangkok. Police are seeking another suspect, also a police officer.

The four suspects allegedly demanded a ransom of over 2 million baht in cryptocurrency in return for releasing the Chinese man.

The arrests came in response to a complaint filed at a police station on Monday by the Chinese national’s interpreter, a 38-year-old Thai woman.

The interpreter told police that a Chinese man, identified as Tilung, 62, asked her to meet him at his residence on March 10 to help him renew his passport and visa.

She said a Chinese friend of Tilung’s drove them to the government complex, but the group returned to Tilung's home after the Immigration Office rejected his documents. The interpreter alleges that she and Tilung were then kidnapped by five suspects who turned up at the house in three cars.

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