Tourist charged with attempting to cheat aunt of $5,600 by staging his own kidnapping

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Tourist charged with attempting to cheat aunt of $5,600 by staging his own kidnapping
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The police were alerted, and they found the purported victim safe and sound in the Marina Bay area.

Liu Changjian's aunt back in China received text messages from an unknown person, claiming that her nephew had been kidnapped and asking for a ransom.

The Singapore Police Force was alerted and, within three hours, officers found the purported kidnap victim, Liu Changjian, 33, safe and sound in the Marina Bay area. The police said in a statement that he had entered Singapore on March 1 and was supposed to return to China five days later but failed to do so.The police added: “In the text messages, the unknown person forwarded the photo of the man’s travel document as proof.”

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