Kidnappers flee Thailand after killing Chinese student
Police believe that the three Chinese men suspected of kidnapping and killing a female Chinese university student, whose body was discovered in Nonthaburi province on Saturday, have already fled Thailand on a flight to Chengdu, China, reports CH7.
On Saturday, a resident of Moo 6 in Bang Yai district discovered the body of 22 year old Jin Can, a third-year music student at Bangkok Thonburi University, inside a sack at a banana plantation in Bang Yai district.
Jin Can was stabbed five times in the left side of her chest and sustained a big stab wound on her right shoulder. A towel was tied around her neck.
Police say that the three Chinese men murdered the student after failing to acquire a 2.5 million baht ransom from her father in China in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Detectives learned the kidnappers sent a message to her father in China via WeChat demanding 500,000 yuan (2.5 million baht) and sent him a photo of his daughter with her wrists and ankle tied up.
Her father contacted the university, where staff said that Jin Can was last seen at the campus on Wednesday afternoon between 5pm-7pm. However, they thought the ransom demand was a prank, so Jin Can’s father didn’t transfer the money, reports the Phuket Express.
Officers found plenty of evidence to suggest that three Chinese nationals – Su Pengfei, Chen Sagaing and Su Xiangfei [transliterated from Thai] – committed the crime.
At 12.55am on Thursday, March 30, CCTV cameras captured Jin Can walking across the street and into a convenience store near a luxury village in the Bang Yai district. Then, three Chinese men got out of a red Mazda sedan and pretended to shop when they were following Jin Can.
Witnesses said they’d seen the men in the shops several times, leading police to believe that the men lived in the local area. Police found that the three suspects rented a house nearby. The landlord said they moved out at 3pm on Thursday.
From the CCTV footage, police were able to trace the red Mazda to a car rental shop on New Petchaburi Road. The car was returned on Thursday.
The kidnapping and murder appear to be a thoroughly planned crime. Police believe the suspects have returned to China on a flight to Chengdu. Thai police are working with Chinese authorities to put out warrants for their arrest.
