Malaysians among 44 arrested for kidnapping of Singaporean at Manila casino

The 45 suspects in the kidnap-for-ransom case of Singaporean Wu Yan were presented at a news briefing on Thursday, July 20.PHOTO: PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE.

MANILA: Forty-four Chinese and Malaysian suspects have been detained in the Philippines over the kidnapping and beating of a Singaporean woman abducted at a Manila casino, authorities said Thursday.

Police found the victim Wu Yan, 48, at a Manila condominium on Tuesday, a day after her abduction by two Malaysian members of the gang, Justice Undersecretary Erickson Balmes said in a statement.