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PNP confirmed no ransom paid, kidnapped Chinese student freed
By J.Lo
“Child sang, was smiling, and from that video, appeared to be in good health,” Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said 14-year-old male Chinese student kidnapped last week was found in Parañaque City on Tuesday night.
Philippine National Police chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil announced boy was found abandoned along Macapagal Avenue by composite teams from PNP and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Victim was reunited with his father and was brought to undisclosed hospital for medical examination.
PNP released photograph of victim in sweatshirt and pants and escorted by police officers.
Marbil said no ransom was paid, reinforcing PNP’s stance against any form of extortion.
At Palace briefing, Remulla said boy was reported missing by his parents after he did not return home from school activity in Taguig City on Feb. 20.
His family later found their abandoned Ford Everest vehicle on C-5 southbound off-ramp, initially raising alarms of possible missing person case. Situation escalated following day when driver of student was found murdered in San Rafael, Bulacan, inside another vehicle. Authorities ruled out driver as suspect.
Evidence found in the vehicle pointed to sophisticated crime syndicate. “Contents include pictures, conversations, cellphone numbers, strategies, and casing of how they would do the job,” Remulla said.
Victim’s parents and kidnappers had been communicating in Chinese through WeChat, messaging app widely used in mainland China.
According to Remulla, abductors demanded ransom of $20 million, later reducing it to $1 million, but no payment was made when parents rejected renegotiated amount.
By Saturday, abductors sent disturbing video showing child with severed finger, increasing urgency to the case.
The following day, parents asked for proof of life of the child and they received another video showing child singing his younger sibling’s favorite song.
On Monday evening, authorities tracked vehicle using cellphone signals linked to one of the numbers discovered in abandoned car in Bulacan.
Although authorities had signal to trace, they couldn’t immediately identify which vehicle it originated from. During hot pursuit operation on Tuesday, they were led to barangay area where they found child standing in the middle of the street.
“At approximately 8 in the evening they were few hundred meters away from cellphone that was moving…in that pursuit, few minutes later in Parañaque area, they saw child in pajamas standing in the middle of the street with bandaged hand… choice was between chasing vehicle or securing the child…obviously, AKG prioritized the child,” Remulla said.
As to motive, PNP public information officer Col. Randulf Tuano said investigators are looking at the victim’s father’s previous connection with Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) and his current business of selling merchandise online.
Syndicate believed to be responsible for abduction consists of former POGO managers and their bodyguards, some of whom were previously affiliated with AFP and PNP but have gone absent without leave. Authorities confirmed group remains active in the country.
AKG is also looking into what Tuano described as “malicious” posts on social media platforms by personalities critical of government about kidnapping case and is studying filing of criminal cases against them for spreading false information.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered PNP to wipe out kidnapping syndicates in the country following the rescue.
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