M'sian woman, foreign boyfriend nabbed for faking kidnap

A local woman and her Nigerian boyfriend were arrested for allegedly faking her own kidnap to get a ransom of USD500,000 (RM1.47 million) from her dad.


Selangor CID chief SAC Mohd Adnan Abdullah said the 23-year-old woman and her 20-year-old Nigerian boyfriend were picked up at the lobby of a hotel in Penang Saturday.

The woman's dad, who was in Kuching, took a call from a man claiming that his daughter and her boyfriend were abducted and demanded a ransom for their release at about 3pm on the same day.

He lodged a police report shortly after.

"The couple, who studied at a local private university, planned to use the ransom money for their daily expenses and education," Mohd Adnan said.

He said no money changed hands when both suspects were arrested. The couple will be remanded at the Kajang police station until July 30 to facilitate investigations under Section 3 of the Kidnapping Act 1961.

Source: Bernama