4 Chinese, 2 Pinoys arrested in Las Piñas for alleged kidnapping

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Friday said it has arrested four Chinese nationals and two Filipinos for kidnapping and serious illegal detention in Las Piñas City.

Agents also rescued one Chinese man who claimed he was illegally detained, the NBI said in a statement.

The October 27 operation that led to the arrest stemmed from a complaint by a man who alleged he had been kidnapped. Accompanied by agents, the complainant identified a house at Aurora Pijuan St., Brgy. Talon Dos as well as a man who came out of the gate to throw garbage, the NBI said.

Operatives arrested the suspects and seized firearms, ammunition, handcuffs, and IDs and other documents from them.

They also found a Chinese national who alleged that he had been detained in the house since October 20.

The man claimed he worked at an online gambling company in the Philippines but was not properly paid, compelling him to quit his job. But when he told his bosses he intended to resign, they demanded P240,000 before giving him his passport and allowing him to return to China, the NBI said.

When he failed to produce the money, his bosses' assistants beat him up and took him to the house, the NBI said.

"He was told that he will stay in the house until the ransom is paid," the NBI said.

The bureau also said the man saw the complainant, who would eventually seek help from the NBI, being brought handcuffed to the room where he was kept on October 26. He said the latter was released on the same day when he paid the ransom.

The suspects, identified as Jiang Zhi Chao, Han Yong, Shi Qi, and Zhao Jian Wei, Christopher Belarmino, and Darnel Volante, are at the NBI's Detention Facility in Manila.—AOL, GMA News