KAJANG: Three men were charged in a magistrate’s court here, a week after the audacious kidnapping of a boy near his kindergarten.
They were accused of taking the five-year-old for a RM300,000 ransom in a jaw-dropping scene which was captured on closed-circuit camera. The footage went viral on social media.
Labourer Riduansyah Yahya, lorry driver Mohd Saifulamry Jarkasi and businessman Siow Kek Keong were brought to court handcuffed at about 11.04am yesterday for the charge to be read before magistrate Abdul Jalil Salam Muhamad.
Riduansyah, 32, Mohd Saifulamry, 28, and Siow, 44, were jointly charged with intent to abduct or wrongful confinement of the boy by the roadside of Jalan Seroja beside a house in Taman Setia, Sungai Chua, at 9.26am on Oct 9.
They were charged under Section 3(1) of the Kidnapping Act for abduction, wrongful restraint or wrongful confinement for ransom.
Under that section, an offender could face death or life imprisonment and possible whipping if found guilty.
No plea was recorded and no bail was offered. They appeared calm after the charge was read to them.
The entire process took just four minutes.
Magistrate Abdul Jalil fixed Nov 21 for mention pending a report from the chemist.
S. Abirami was the Deputy Public Prosecutor while Mohd Fadli Yaakob acted for Mohd Saifulamry and Datuk Geethan Ram Vincent for Siow. Riduansyah was unrepresented.
Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Abdul Samah Mat was quoted in news reports that the boy’s father received a call about 90 minutes after his son’s disappearance.
The alleged kidnappers had demanded RM300,000 from him.
Comm Abdul Samah said the ransom was paid at about 5pm the same day by the father, who dropped off the cash near a shopping centre at Saujana Impian, Kajang.
He said three men were nabbed within 24 hours after the alleged kidnapping.
Police also recovered almost all of the RM300,000 ransom that was paid.
The boy was reunited with his family after going missing for eight hours when a taxi driver sent him home.
Earlier, before the men were charged, anxiety ran high for the family members of taxi driver Hanizan Mohamed Radzi who waited for his release after a week under remand.
Hanizan, 41, arrived in a police car at about 9.30am yesterday and was brought to the registration counter on Level 4 of the building to complete the procedures for his release.
As soon as he saw his family members there, Hanizan wept and immediately hugged his 75-year-old father.
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