The Philippine Department of Justice recently announced that in the kidnapping case of a Chinese businessman family of six that occurred in October last year, four of them were killed and two were missing. Three suspects have been formally indicted.
Manila Bulletin said on February 29** that the Philippine Department of Justice disclosed the latest progress of the kidnapping case of Mr. Zeng, a Chinese businessman, and his family of six, and three arrested suspects were charged with illegal detention and homicide, kidnapping and other crimes.
On October 30, 2023, in a high-end villa community in the southern part of Metro Manila, Philippines, six men with guns broke into the home of Mr. Zeng, a businessman from Fujian, China, and kidnapped Mr. and Mrs. Zeng, Mr. Zeng's brother and sister-in-law, and three Filipino employees.
The kidnappers then released the three Filipino workers in Neihu Province, who immediately called the police.
According to a statement from the Philippine Department of Justice, "After tracing and reviewing CCTV footage from the scene, the perpetrators were located, they were apprehended and a case was filed." ”
"Unfortunately, only four of the six Chinese nationals were found, and the whereabouts of the remaining two remain unknown," the statement added. ”
On November 29 last year, the Philippine National Police's Anti-Kidnapping Brigade confirmed that four of the six Chinese nationals kidnapped had been confirmed dead, including two women and two men.
The Philippines** confirmed that all four died of asphyxiation, including two male deaths of Mr. Tsang and his brother. The whereabouts of the 11-year-old boy and his mother who were abducted together remain unknown.
According to an insider, Mr. Zeng is in his 40s and has just been elected as the president of a local Chinese business association in Manila in 2023. He and his wife have been doing business in the Philippines for many years, and his old mother and two children are in his hometown.
After the kidnapping of six members of Mr. Zeng's family, the Philippines** suspected that the motive for the kidnapping might have involved business, as valuables were allegedly lost during an inspection of six safes in the house.
But the strange thing is that the kidnappers killed the hostages without asking for a ransom. The head of the Philippine National Police's anti-kidnapping brigade said it was "unusual" in a kidnapping case involving Chinese hostages.