Five suspects in a gamblers kidnapping case at a police station in Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam. Photo courtesy of the police
Police in central Vietnam have rescued two Chinese men who were kidnapped and beaten by compatriots after piling up massive debts at a luxury casino.
Authorities said Wang Xiaoci and Li Yao Zong borrowed hundreds of thousands of yuan to gamble at the Hoiana Casino in Quang Nam Province earlier this month. When they could not repay, a group of men forced them to sign debt papers, assaulted them and threatened to kill them unless their families transferred money.
On Sept. 12, a friend of one of the victims alerted police after seeing Wang being forced into a car outside the casino. Investigators…