Victim abandoned by roadside after savings accounts drained by suspects, says Pahang police chief

Fourteen charged with kidnapping, seeking hacking tech, additional charges under AMLATFPUAA 2001

PARIS, May 16 — After watching frightening images of a prominent French crypto boss' daughter being attacked on a Paris street during a botched kidnapping, crypto executive Alexandre Aimonino finds solace in the changes he has made to his daily routine.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — The husband of Datin Seri Pamela Ling Yueh was arrested this morning in connection with her abduction in the Federal capital last month.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Two students from a Singapore university pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to staging a fake kidnapping to trick one of their mothers into paying a RM2.9 million ransom.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — Police investigations have found that at least eight individuals travelling in five vehicles were involved in the abduction of Datin Seri Pamela Ling Yueh in Putrajaya on April 9.

SHAH ALAM, April 29 — A teenage boy was injured after narrowly escaping a kidnap attempt at knifepoint in Section 13 yesterday evening.

SEREMBAN, April 17 — Another suspect has been remanded for 14 days starting today to assist in investigations into the kidnapping of a teenage girl involving a RM2 million ransom demand on Thursday (April 10).

SHAH ALAM, April 14 — A man believed to be involved in the kidnapping of a 16-year-old girl was killed in a shootout with police in Bandar Bukit Tinggi, Klang, early this morning.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — The police were forced to open fire before apprehending three suspected kidnappers in a car along Jalan Cengkeh in Taman Cheras today.

JOHOR BAHRU, Jan 28 — Police have confirmed that a Singaporean woman’s report of an alleged kidnapping attempt at a shopping mall in Taman Abad on January 10 was false.

BANGKOK, Jan 21 — Thailand’s visa waiver programme for Chinese nationals has come under scrutiny after the high-profile alleged kidnapping of a Chinese actor and similar crimes stoked worries over tourism and security.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 — The High Court has granted RM50,000 bail with two sureties each to 14 individuals today, including one woman, charged with kidnapping a Palestinian man two years ago.

SHAH ALAM, Nov 26 — Police rescued a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped by a group of teenagers from an apartment in Section 7 on November 18.

KLANG, Nov 5 — Four friends, including two teen girls, were sentenced to three years in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here for jointly abducting a 12-year-old girl a month ago.

JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 30 — The police have recovered RM7.2 million from the estimated RM20 million ransom money paid by the family of a businessman who was kidnapped on October 13.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 — Three unemployed men pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to kidnapping a man in the parking area of ​​the People's Housing Program (PPR) in Cheras last year.

SEPANG, Aug 15 — A married couple and four other individuals were charged in the Sessions Court today for kidnapping a Chinese national for a ransom of US$1 million (RM4.44 million) in cryptocurrency last month.

SHAH ALAM, Aug 8 — Police arrested five men, including two foreigners, who are believed to be involved in abducting two brothers from a woman’s house in Jenjarom, Kuala Langat on Monday (August 5).

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 8 — An unemployed man faced 15 charges related to the kidnapping of six-year-old Albertine Leo Jia Hui, in two separate Sessions Courts and the Kulai Magistrate's Court today.