After taking a day off on Sunday, Chinese kidnappers were on the warpath again yesterday when six of them abducted King Pung-zang. a rich Chinese rice dealer. at. the corner of Edinburgh and Brenan Roads at 1015 am.
The victim, the owner of two large rice shops, was proceeding from his rice shops at 506 Brenan Road to his other shop at 363 Edinburgh Road when he was approached by the kidnappers. Two of them brandished pistols and forced King into a Johnson garage taxi and drove towards the Chinese territory.
Later in the morning, the family of the kidnapped merchant. residing at 506 Brenan Road, received a telephone call from the abductors, who declared that they were keeping the merchant in a' country hut and warned the family against notifying the police, saying that they would kill him if they did so.
Nevertheless, the case became known to the Bubbling Well Police station and investigations were started. It was believed that the crime had been committed for ransom,
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