2 Chinese students in Singapore charged with faking Malaysia kidnapping to extort $900k from one of their mothers

2 Chinese students in Singapore charged with faking Malaysia kidnapping to extort $900k from one of their mothers

Asia One·2025-05-14 15:02

Two Chinese nationals studying in Singapore were hauled to a Malaysian court on Tuesday (May 13) for allegedly faking a kidnapping.

Zhang Runbao, 23, and Ye Yingxi, 18, are accused of staging the abduction of the younger suspect so as to extort five million yuan (S$900,000) from his mother Cheng Zhiwen, reported Malaysian national news agency, Bernama.

Zhang is an undergraduate at the National University of Singapore, while Ye is a student at the Singapore Institute of Management, reported the New Straits Times.

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