China Overseas Chinese Network, September 21. According to the website of the Chinese Consulate General in Cape Town, Lin Jing, the Chinese Consul General in Cape Town, recently met with Major General Wei Lei, Deputy Director of Criminal Investigation Affairs of the Western Cape Police Department at the Consulate General. Expressed serious concern about the recent high incidence of kidnapping cases involving Chinese citizens in Cape Town, and exchanged views on the progress of the investigation of related cases.

　　During the meeting on the afternoon of September 18th, Lin Jing first informed Wei Lei about the many kidnapping cases involving Chinese citizens that had occurred in Cape Town since December last year. She thanked the Western Provincial Police and negotiation experts for their efforts to rescue the hostages and the kidnappers. Active role played in the negotiation process.

Lin Jing said that under the background of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, social instability in Western Province has continued to accumulate, and the public security situation has continued to deteriorate. The aforementioned kidnapping case has caused serious panic in the Chinese community.

The Consulate General in Cape Town attaches great importance to the personal and property safety of Chinese citizens in the consular area. The Heathy Provincial Police has taken practical and effective measures and established a working mechanism with the Consulate General to jointly combat the aforementioned criminal momentum.

　　On behalf of Lieutenant General Matakata, the Western Provincial Police Commissioner on leave, Weiley informed Consul General Lin Jing of the police’s analysis of the case and the progress of the investigation. He said that the recent kidnapping of Chinese citizens in Cape Town is more targeted than other cases. The cases of national citizens have the distinctive feature of "increasing frequency", and the police in Western Province pay close attention to this.

The Western Provincial Police is willing to strengthen contact and cooperation with the Consulate General, the police team of the Chinese Embassy in South Africa, and the Cape Town Chinese Police Center, and take effective measures to combat various crimes against Chinese citizens, including kidnappings.

　　At present, there is a high incidence of kidnapping cases of Chinese citizens in Cape Town, and there have been four consecutive cases in the past month.

Judging from the commonalities of the above kidnapping cases, most of the kidnappers target local overseas Chinese with large cash flow and operating shops. They generally choose to commit the crime when the victim goes to and from get off work, and the crime rate is higher near the weekend and at the end of the month.

The usual tactic is to follow the victim, and when the victim gets on and off the car to relax his vigilance, he will kidnap him. After being hijacked to slums such as Khayelitsha and Philippi, he will demand a high ransom from his family.

At present, the kidnapped overseas Chinese have been released safely, some people involved in the case have been arrested, and the relevant case is still under investigation.

　　The Consulate General in Cape Town will continue to intensify its efforts to urge the Western Provincial Government and the police to take effective measures to protect the personal and property safety of our overseas Chinese, and once again remind the majority of overseas Chinese to be highly vigilant of the aforementioned criminal momentum and strengthen self-prevention.

If unfortunately, the victim should take the protection of personal safety as the primary goal and avoid direct conflict with criminals.

Families should stay calm and don't panic. Ask the Southern Police, the Consulate General and the Police Civil Center for help as soon as possible. The police will appoint negotiating experts to assist the family in dealing with the kidnappers and strive to ensure the safe return of the hostages at the least cost.

　　Help phone:

　　South Africa Police Call: 10111

　　South Africa emergency number: 112 or 10177

　　Chinese Consulate General in Cape Town: 0723096634

　　Cape Town Chinese Police Center: 0833128111

　　Cape West Coast Chinese Police Center: 0798748888