China Overseas Chinese Network, January 7th. According to the WeChat official account of the South African Chinese Police-Civil Cooperation Center, on January 5, a female Chinese businessman was caught on the M16 viaduct north of M1 shortly after leaving the Chinese business district in Johannesburg, South Africa. Kidnapping and hijacking; and on the afternoon of the 6th, another Chinese businessman came out of a shopping mall and was hijacked by fake police. The Chinese businessman promptly sought help from the security of the South African Chinese Police-Civil Cooperation Center in the area.
According to the South African Chinese Police Center, on the afternoon of January 6, the Chinese man came out of the mall and was stopped by a white Toyota car with police lights. Two uniformed policemen got out of the car. One of them was a policewoman. In addition, there was a black man in ordinary clothes. They called themselves police and searched the Chinese man. The man was carrying more than 60,000 rand in cash, but the police did not take his money. , But asked to follow their car.
At first, the Chinese man had no choice but to follow the car. It didn’t take long for him to think that these people might be fake policemen. When passing by the security guards of the police center patrolling near the mall, the Chinese man asked the security guards for help. The fake police drove away immediately when they saw the situation.
The kidnapper who hijacked a female Chinese businessman on the 5th also drove a Toyota car. On the 6th, another robber pretended to be a policeman and drove a white Toyota car in an attempt to hijack the Chinese man. The license plate number was HG19JKGP, and the two Chinese businessman also They were hijacked after coming out of the same mall, so the two cases did not rule out that the kidnappers wanted to extort more ransom through kidnapping. In addition, the kidnappers chose to target a Chinese businessman after driving out of the mall, and they began to follow the crime.
The South African Chinese Police and Civil Cooperation Center specially reminds the merchants of the Chinese Mall to pay special attention to the surrounding safety conditions on the way to and from get off work. At present, driving alone has become the main target of robbers, so be more vigilant when driving alone. If you encounter a similar situation near the mall where the fake police ask to stop for inspection, you can choose to drive the car into the mall first and then accept the inspection. The police center has notified the patrol security near the mall. If you find that Chinese businessmen are experiencing similar situations, you must provide timely assistance.