A Chinese-Cambodian businessman kidnapped last week for a Bt100-million ransom has been released in Cambodia and will return to Thailand to speak to police tomorrow, it has been revealed.
The Metropolitan Police Bureau's chief of investigations, Maj-General Sombat Milintachinda, said yesterday that Chen Ji's relatives had informed police that the businessman - abducted by unknown men near Baiyoke 2 Tower in Bangkok's Pratunam area on Tuesday - was released on Friday evening in Cambodia.
Sombat said Chen wasn't able to return to Thailand right away because he needed to obtain the proper travel documents at the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh after being smuggled out of the country via the border province of Sa Kaew. He said the initial police investigation found that the kidnappers comprised at least four or five people, one of whom might know Chen well enough to identify his car and movements.
The kidnappers were professionals based on the well-coordinated abduction, and the black Toyota Fortuner pickup truck used in the abduction carried fake licence plates.
He said police would compare the images to pictures of people who prey on foreign businessmen that are stored in the criminal database.
An informed source said police would focus on anyone who had a conflict with him or his acquaintances.
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