Two Chinese nationals charged over kidnapping hoax

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Two Chinese nationals, enrolled at the National University of Singapore, pleaded not guilty at the KL Sessions Court on Tuesday (May 13) to charges of attempted fraud after allegedly staging a fake kidnapping.  Zhang Runbao, 23, and an 18-year-old boy were accused of orchestrating an elaborate deception targeting the teen's mother.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Two Chinese nationals enrolled at the National University of Singapore pleaded not guilty at

00:07the KL Sessions Court on Tuesday to charges of attempted fraud after allegedly staging a fake

00:14kidnapping. 23-year-old Zhang Runbao and an 18-year-old boy were accused of orchestrating

00:20an elaborate deception targeting the teen's mother. The alleged scheme unfolded on May 2

00:26at a hotel on Jalan Tuanku Abdulrahman. They were accused of sending a video to the victim

00:32showing her 18-year-old son partially undressed, gagged, and appearing to be strangled in an

00:38attempt to extract a ransom of 5 million yuan. The pair were charged under Section 511 of the

00:45Penal Code, which carries imprisonment of 1 to 10 years and a fine upon conviction. They also faced

00:52an alternative charge under Section 417 for cheating, punishable by up to five years' imprisonment,

01:00or a fine if found guilty. Judge Azrael Daruss set bail at RM30,000 each with two sureties

01:07and ordered both accused to surrender their passports. The court scheduled case management on May 27.

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