Da Nang police have rescued two Chinese men who were allegedly kidnapped, assaulted, and detained by fellow Chinese nationals after failing to repay large gambling debts incurred at a central Vietnam casino.
On September 17, the Da Nang Criminal Police Department confirmed that officers had freed Wang Xiaoci and Li Yao Zong, both Chinese citizens, who were being held at an apartment in the Hoi An D’or complex, Hoi An City.
Authorities detained Jin Jun (46, Chinese national) along with four Vietnamese accomplices from Thanh Hoa and Quang Tri provinces. They are under investigation for unlawful detention.
The case began on September 12, when a Chinese man reported to police that his friend, Wang Xiaoci, had been forcibly taken away from Hoiana Casino in Quang Nam after losing heavily at gambling and falling into debt.
Police quickly identified a suspicious vehicle and traced it to the Hoi An D’or residence, where both victims were being held. Dozens of officers staged a raid, rescuing the men and apprehending the suspects.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the victims had borrowed hundreds of thousands of yuan to gamble. Unable to repay, they were coerced into signing debt acknowledgments, beaten, and forced to call their families to transfer money.
Mr. Wang reportedly lost a tooth from the assaults, while Mr. Li was threatened with punitive interest charges of 20,000 yuan per day if the debt was not settled on time.
The case remains under investigation.
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Source: Vietnam Insider