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Four Chinese citizens to be charged over Kedah kidnapping

ALOR SETAR: Three men and a woman, all Chinese citizens, will be charged at the Alor Setar court tomorrow in connection with the kidnapping of a woman at a house in Taman Amira, Jalan Langgar, last month.

Four Chinese citizens to be charged over Kedah kidnapping

Three Chinese men and one Chinese woman are set to face charges in Alor Setar court on a specific date regarding the kidnapping of a woman in Taman Amira, Jalan Langgar, last month. The accused, ranging in age from 24 to 46, are alleged to have committed the crime under Section 365 of the Penal Code. According to Datuk M. Kumar, the head of the Criminal Investigation Department, a shootout took place between police and two foreign suspects during a rescue operation at the same location on August 8.

Following the shootout, multiple raids were carried out in Kedah, Penang, and Kuala Lumpur, resulting in the arrest of six individuals - a local man, four foreign men, and a foreign woman, all between the ages of 20 and 40. On September 10, one of the suspects was brought before Alor Setar Sessions Court and charged with kidnapping a woman from China, who pleaded not guilty to the charge.

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