SHAH ALAM, Oct 10 – Police arrested four suspect which including a man believed to be the mastermind and a taxi driver to assist investigations into the abduction of a five-year-old boy in Sungai Chua, Kajang yesterday. Selangor police chief Datuk Abdul Samah Mat said the mastermind aged 45 was picked up at his house in Kajang Raya, about 4km away from the suspect’s house in Taman Cahaya Suria, Kajang.
Following the report made on the kidnapped child, police had set up a task force to investigate the case. He told the reporters during a press conference at the state police headquarters here today that the victim’s father had paid the ransom demand set at RM300,000 which he was instructed to place at a parking lot in a hypermarket nearby at about 5pm yesterday.
Abdul Samah said after victim dad paid the ransom, the child was returned to his home by a taxi driver in forty minutes later. He said following the release, police arrested two men aged 28 and 32 including an Indonesian in a Proton Saga which was previously used in the kidnapping the five year old child at Sungai Chua, Kajang yesterday about 10.10pm.
In the same time, Police also found RM30,000 believed to be a portion of the ransom money under the passenger seat of the car. Police later arrested a 45-year-old man believed to be the mastermind behind the kidnapping case. He said the initial investigation revealed the family of the victim knew the suspect.
He said police recovered RM150,000 from the suspect and found RM60,500 stashed in a motorbike’s seat compartment parked at his house while further checks on the suspect’s printing company, there was revealed another RM200,000 was hidden at the premises.
Besides that, Samah said police had also arrested the 42-year-old taxi driver who had drove the abducted child back to his home yesterday to assist investigation just after midnight today. He added that it is believed the motive behind the abduction was to gain more money.
Lastly, Abdul Samah also would like to thank the public for making the case viral on the social media but also reminded them that in the future, it is the best to let the police do their job as in the kidnapping cases, such as actions could risk the lives of the victims. In additional, the boy who was abducted in Jalan Cempaka, Kajang yesterday morning, was returned to his family by the taxi driver at about 5.35pm yesterday after eight hours of his disappearance.
