Staged kidnapping tests girl's love
( 2003-12-11 17:02) (China Daily)
A man who kidnapped himself
in the Shijingshan District and extorted 200,000 yuan (US$24,200) from his
girlfriend said he had only been testing her feelings for him after being
arrested by police, reports Beijing Times.
On July 27, Wang received a short message asking her to prepare a large sum
of money to pay ransom for her boyfriend, Mu Qingsong. Wang, who was worried
because she hadn't seen Mu for a while, tried to raise the money together with
her family.
When she received a second message telling her that she would soon see only
Mu's hands and feet if she did not come up with the money immediately, Wang
called police.
Officers later discovered that Mu was his own kidnapper. He was sentenced to
three years in prison by the Shijingshan District People's Court on
Tuesday.
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