Two Suspects Detained for Abduction and Murder of Internet Gambling Millionaire
Just one day after it was revealed that kidnapped Taiwanese Internet gambling millionaire Shih Chia-chin had been found dead, his alleged captors and killers were detained in the southern part of Taiwan on Tuesday.
Shih Chia-chin was picked up by his chauffeur Hsieh Yuan-hsin from the northern airport of Taoyuan on August 18. A few hours later Shih’s company received a phone call demanding a ransom of Tw$50 million (US$1.7 million).
His family attempted to negotiate with the kidnappers and even wired Tw$30 million to three designated bank accounts, but also alerted police.
Authorities confirm that the chauffeur attempted to withdraw the wired funds soon after. He is believed to have fled to Thailand and has not yet been captured.
A 31-year-old suspect identified only by his family name Lin and another, surnamed Cheng, have been taken in by police from Taichung for questioning.
The decomposing body of the 57-year-old man was found in an mountainous area of Tainan in southern Taiwan.
The police used surveillance cameras to determine that the chauffeur had two accomplices who abandoned Shih's Mercedes-Benz in Tainan that same day.
- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
