Chinese tourist abducted at RCA, suspects flee Thailand
published : 24 Apr 2023 at 09:16
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
Another abduction case of a Chinese national has taken place in Bangkok, with police admitting the two suspects have fled Thailand.
Police said the abduction took place on April 17.
The victim, 28, is a Chinese solo tourist who went to an entertainment venue in Bangkok's Royal City Avenue (RCA).
There she met a Chinese man who later invited her to an apartment he rented in the Rama 9 area.
Another man was hiding in the unit. The suspects tied her with rope before taking her mobile phone, cash and other belongings worth 427,000 baht.
In the early hours of April 18, the suspects left the apartment for Suvarnabhumi airport and fled Thailand, police said.
The victim was hit in the face, leaving bruises. Questioning revealed she did not know the suspects.
Huai Kwang police and the Foreign Affairs Division are collaborating with Interpol to arrest the two Chinese suspects.
In the abduction case in Sathon involving losses of 1.8 million baht, police have arrested 12 of the 13 suspects.
The last missing suspect has fled to another country and police are working to extradite him back to Thailand.
Meanwhile, police are working to issue arrest warrants for the other Thai accomplices who were involved in the crime.
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Vocabulary
- abduction: taking somebody away illegally, especially using force - การลักพาตัว
- accomplice: a person who helps someone else to commit a crime or to do something morally wrong - ผู้สมรู้ร่วมคิด
- bruise: a mark that you get on your body if you are hit or if you knock against something - แผลฟกช้ำ, รอยฟกช้ำ
- extradite: to officially send back someone who has been accused or found guilty of a crime to the country where the crime was committed for a trial - ส่งตัวกลับ
- flee (past form: fled) (verb): to leave a place or person quickly because you are afraid of possible danger or consequences - หนี
- Interpol: an international organization that enables the police forces of different countries to help each other to solve crimes - องค์การตำรวจสากล
- rope (noun): very strong thick string made by twisting thinner strings, wires, etc. together - เชือก
- solo: done alone - กระทำเพียงคนเดียว, กระทำเพียงฝ่ายเดียว
- suspects (noun): people who are thought to have committed a crime - ผู้ต้องสงสัย
- victim: someone who has been affected by a bad situation, such as a disaster, illness or an accident - เหยื่อผู้เคราะห์ร้าย
