Chinese gang hunted for B70m robbery
published : 15 Aug 2024 at 15:01
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Police are hunting for four Chinese nationals who broke into a luxury house in Pathum Thani and forced their Chinese victim to transfer $2 million (70 million baht) in digital money to them.
The robbery happened at a house in tambon Ban Mai at about 2am on Wednesday morning. There were six people in the house — three men and three women, police said.
A victim, identified as Ke Jibao, a 35-year-old Chinese businessman, said he and his wife were asleep in their bedroom when four suspects wearing balaclavas broke into their house. Each of them was armed with a gun and a knife. Mr Ke, his wife and a maid were tied up by their hands and feet.
The intruders ordered Mr Ke to call a relative in China to transfer $2 million in digital money into their account. After confirming the transfer, they stole the house security camera servers that had recorded the incident and escaped with the victim’s car.
Mr Ke had a small knife wound on his right wrist, and a male servant had a facial wound after being struck on the forehead by a gun.
The stolen car was found later.
Mr Ke told police he did not know the motive for the armed robbery, nor how the gang knew his relative.
Police said the robbery was well-planned.
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- balaclava: a warm hat that covers your head, neck, and usually all of your face except your eyes; a closely fitting covering for the head and neck, usually made from wool - หมวกที่คลุมหัว คอ ยกเว้นหน้า
- hunt (verb): to look for a person or animal in order to catch them or harm them; to chase wild animals or birds in order to catch or kill them for food, sport or to make money - ตามหา, ล่า
- intruder: someone who enters a place without permission - ผู้บุกรุก
- relative: a member of your family - ญาติพี่น้อง
- robbery: the crime of stealing money or goods from a bank, shop/store, person, etc - การปล้น, การโจรกรรม
- server (noun): computer hardware and software that performs some service for all the computers on a network - เครื่องบริการ, ตัวบริการ๒. โปรแกรมบริการ [คอมพิวเตอร์]
- suspect: a person who is 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
- wound: an injury in which your skin or flesh is damaged - บาดแผล