Police arrested four Chinese nationals and one Cambodian on charges of kidnapping and torturing a South Korean man in his 50s in Phnom Penh.
Khmer Times reported that the incident occurred in the popular Boeng Keng Kang district around 8.30pm local time on Sept 21.
The 51-year-old victim was returning to his car after visiting a coffee shop when the suspects emerged from a black vehicle and dragged him inside.
A security guard who witnessed the scene alerted police.
Police later arrested one Chinese suspect who returned to the scene to drive the victim’s car.
The following day, around 5pm, officers arrested three additional Chinese suspects and a Cambodian driver at a hotel in Phnom Penh.
Police seized a K54 semi-automatic pistol, two magazines, nine rounds of ammunition, a steel pipe, three walkie-talkies, a rubber holster for a handgun, 112 narcotic pills, a device for drug use and two passports.
The five were held at the Boeng Keng Kang police station and will be sent to court on charges of kidnapping and illegal possession of weapons and drugs, authorities said. — The Korea Herald/ANN
