Fake kidnapping case in Cambodia resolved: police


The alleged Chinese victim residing in Japan, identified only as Lan, has since reunited with her family and returned to Japan. - POLICE

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia New Network): The National Police have concluded their investigation of a Chinese woman who had reportedly been kidnapped and held for a ransom of more than US$1 million in Cambodia, confirming that no such crime had taken place.

During a July 26 press conference, the police quoted Ky Vannara, a member of the foreigner assistance team, as reporting that on July 19, officers received information from the Facebook account of interior minister Sar Kheng that a Chinese woman identified as Yi, who resided in Japan, had asked the police to rescue her 19-year-old daughter from confinement.

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