Blood should be thicker than water, but some might disregard the value of familial relationships just to fuel their own interests. This was the case for one Chinese grandfather addicted to gambling, who had kidnapped his own granddaughter in order to pay off his 500,000 yuan (S$96,600) debt. The criminal case – which was reported in the Shanghai Law Journal...
Blood should be thicker than water, but some might disregard the value of familial relationships just to fuel their own interests.
The daughter subsequently filed a police report and Yuan was arrested. He was then imprisoned for extortion. "I'm 65 years old and my daughter is suing me. She never wants me to get better. She wants me dead," he said.[[nid:447395]] The row ended when the police and Yuan's ex-wife stepped in, and Yuan's daughter wrote a letter of understanding for him.It is not known when or where the kidnapping incident occurred.
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