January 25, 2012
Two Vietnamese sailors on a Taiwanese fishing boat hijacked by Somali pirates off the Indian Ocean two years ago have called home saying the pirates had chopped off an arm of the captain. The pirates are demanding a US$2.8-million ransom. On January 20, Tran Van Hung, one of the 26 crew members of the [...]
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December 30, 2011
A 13-year-old girl, who had been detained in a Cambodian casino as ransom for her father’s gambling debts for more than a month, was released on December 26, the Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper reported. Nguyen Thi Thuy Kieu of Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi District was released after successful negotiation between her [...]
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December 29, 2011
A 13-year-old girl, who had been detained in a Cambodian casino as ransom for her father’s gambling debts for more than a month, was released on December 26, the Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper reported. Nguyen Thi Thuy Kieu of Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi District was released after successful negotiation between her [...]
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April 11, 2009
Somali pirates are demanding a ransom on Friday after captured U.S. captain failed to make a escape, according to agencies’ reports. This undated image shows the 17,000-ton container ship Maersk Alabama, when it was operating under the name Maersk Alva, which has been hijacked by Somalia pirates with 20 crew members aboard, Wednesday April 8, [...]
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November 7, 2008
Hanoi’s Thanh Tri District Police on Wednesday arrested Nguyen Quoc Duy on charges of “property theft through coercion,” a police source said. Twenty-eight-year-old Duy had taken his brother’s two-year-old son Nguyen Duy An to a supermarket early Wednesday and proceeded to contact the family to demand VND10.5 million (US$626) for the release of the boy.Duy [...]
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