Gambling grandfather kidnaps his granddaughter to pay debt: he asked his daughter for $72,000 in ransom

a man of China He kidnapped his own granddaughter in order to pay off a debt. The individual, surnamed Yuan, had a strong gambling addiction and committed the crime in order to support it.

The South China Morning Post reports that the 65-year-old man picked up his four-year-old granddaughter from school. Like a kidnapper, he threatened her own daughter with killing her granddaughter and demanded 500 thousand yuan (72 thousand dollars). Otherwise, “I wouldn’t see her again”.

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The little girl’s mother immediately called the police and officers proceeded to arrest the man. Subsequently, Yuan He was imprisoned for the crime of extortion.

While in prison, the individual tried to escape the charge by blaming his daughter. “I am 65 years old and my daughter is suing me. She never wants me to get better. She just wants me dead.”indicated.

Yuan also called his daughter “unfortunate”, because he thought that the matter was a “family” and not a “legal” issue and that for that reason I shouldn’t have brought him to justice.

The case caused shock among users in China

According to the Shanghai Law Journal, the man went on a hunger strike in prison and had problems with his cellmates. His ex-wife and his daughter had to work with the police and, through a letter of understanding, he just started collaborating with the authorities.

A video summarizing the case has been viewed more than 3 million times on the Weibo social network. The comments, as expected, expressed their rejection of what happened.

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“How useless is such a father!”; “He won’t change until he dies!”; “The daughter should cut off her relationship with him!” the people wrote.

Another netizen pointed out that “extortion and violence are crimes and definitely not ‘family matters’”.

How to act before a kidnapping?

The kidnapping not only has repercussions on the victims, but also on their families. The authorities emphasize how to act in the event of a kidnapping.

The El Universal newspaper compiled the following advice:

Source: Elcomercio

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