Verity journal

Location: Kuala Lumpur

Offence: Kidnapping

Offender: Personal Driver

Details: A personal driver was found guilty of kidnapping his boss’ 9-year old son. The driver has worked for the family for 2 years fell into some financial issues and resorted to borrowing money from loan sharks. He eventually ended up being harassed when he could not keep up with his repayments. In desperation, he worked with another accomplice to kidnap the child when being picked up from school. The child was held ransom for 2 days in a rented flat. The police caught the driver and his accomplice only after the ransom was paid.