Police have arrested a Chinese national believed to be involved in abducting a compatriot businessman, torturing him and cutting off his little finger for a 30-million-baht ransom.
On Monday, Pattaya police were alerted to the abduction of the 40-year-old Chinese man, Ren Haibo. His Thai girlfriend told officers he went missing and the abductor demanded 30 million baht for his release. The family transferred 150,000 baht to the abductors but has not heard from them since, she said.
The man later managed to free himself, despite being tied up, and escaped from the house where he had been held captive in tambon Nong Prue of Bang Lamung district in Chon Buri on Tuesday.
