http://www.straitstimes.com/the-big-story/sheng-siong-kidnapping-case/story/sheng-siong-kidnap-timeline-events-20140109
Madam Ng Lye Poh was kidnapped on Wednesday and released at Seletar West Camp early Thursday morning after her son paid $2 million in ransom.
Here is a timeline of what happened:
Jan 8
9am: Madam Ng Lye Poh takes a morning walk to a nearby market close to Hougang Avenue 8, as she has done for the last 10 years.
10.30am: Madam Ng's maid meets her to take home the items she bought, because the bags were too heavy for the 79-year-old. Madam Ng stays behind for breakfast. This is the last time anyone sees her before the kidnapping.
11am: A stranger approaches Madam Ng as she walks along Hougang Avenue 2 (not Hougang Avenue 8 as previously reported). He lures her into his car on the pretext of taking her to see her son, who he claims has been seriously injured in a bad fall. She is later blindfolded and bound.
1pm: Her son, Mr Lim Hock Chee, receives a call from her kidnappers, who demand a $20 million ransom.
2.13pm: He calls the police to report the kidnapping after a discussion with his elder brother. Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department respond to the case.
Jan 9
12am: Mr Lim drives to Sembawang Park alone and leaves a bag containing $2 million in cash under a tree in the park. The ransom had been negotiated down earlier.
12.20am: Kidnappers call Mr Lim and tell him that they have released his mother near Seletar West Camp. Police officers later find Madam Ng at a bus stop along Seletar Aerospace Drive and take her to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital for a check-up.
1am: The police track down the two suspects and arrest them separately in Hougang and Ang Mo Kio. The officers also recover the $2 million ransom under a tree near a pavilion near Car Park 2 of Sembawang Park.
Additional report
The two were arrested in the vicinity of Hougang and Ang Mo Kio within 12 hours of the police report. The $2 million in ransom - which was negotiated down from the original $20 million - was also recovered during the arrest.
The younger of the two suspects is an odd-job labourer, while the older man is a credit card promoter. Both suspects are Singaporeans, but they are not related.
The police said that there have been only three confirmed cases of kidnapping for ransom in the last 10 years, and all perpetrators were arrested and later jailed for life. The $2 million is the highest amount paid in ransom in a kidnapping case here.
The victim was taken while she was walking along the road. She did not suffer any injuries.
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean on Thursday commended the police for the swift arrest of the two suspects.
“With the safety of the victim as their top priority, our officers spared no effort to carefully and skillfully trace the suspects, secure the safety of the victim and bring the suspects to justice expeditiously,” said DPM Teo, who is also Home Affairs Minister.
“The family of the victim had done the right thing by lodging a police report immediately. The family also gave the police their full cooperation. Kidnapping is a very rare and serious offence and the perpetrators will be dealt with to the full extent of the law.”
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