SINGAPORE , Jan 10 — Two Singaporean men were charged with kidnapping a 79-year-old woman in the district court this morning.
Heng Cheng Boon, a 50-year-old credit card salesman, and 41-year-old odd-job worker Lee Sze Yong are alleged to have kidnapped Mdm Ng Lye Poh on Wednesday.
Her son, Mr Lim Hock Chee, the Chief Executive of Singapore’s third-largest supermarket operator Sheng Siong, lodged a police report at about 1pm on Wednesday after receiving a phone call from an unknown person.
The two men are alleged to have asked for a random of S$20 million (RM51.5 million).
However, a S$2 million ransom, which was later recovered by the police, was paid to the kidnappers after negotiating, said the police at a press conference yesterday.
Police arrested the two men within 12 hours after the report was made.
The two suspects are remanded at Police Cantonment Complex. The prosecution has asked for permission to bring the two suspects out for investigations which the court granted. They will return to court next Friday.
If the two men are convicted, they face the death penalty or life imprisonment with caning. — Today
