(보도) Thanh Nien Daily 2011-12-29
캄보디아 카지노 : 볼모였던 13세 베트남 소녀 석방
Cambodian casino releases Vietnamese girl it kept as ransom
- 아버지 도박빚 때문에 캄보디아의 '바이땅 카지노'(Bay Tang Casino)에 볼모로 잡혀있던 베트남 13세 소녀가, 가족들과 카지노 사이의 협상 후 풀려남.
- 아버지는 아직도 잡혀 있다고 함.
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 family and the casino. She is in stable condition and has returned to school, the family said.
Kieu was kidnapped and taken to the Bay Tang Casino on November 18.
Tran Thi Dao, Kieu’s grandmother, reported to police that her son, Nguyen Van Lam, was a serious gambling addict. After Lam and his wife separated, Kieu went to live with her grandmother.
On November 18, Kieu did not return home after school as usual. Dao and Dinh Thi Hoa, Kieu’s mother, searched for her everywhere to no avail. That night, Dao received a phone call from an unidentified number, a man claiming that Kieu and Lam were being held captive in the Bay Tang Casino where Lam lost VND100 million (US$4,750) gambling.
The man told Dao she must pay the debt immediately; otherwise interest would be added each day. He threatened to sell Kieu to a brothel in Thailand if the debt was not paid quickly. Hoa also received a phone call saying her husband voluntarily delivered his daughter to the casino, as collateral or payment for his gambling debts.
According to Dao, three days before Kieu went missing, two men went to Lam’s house and he left home with them. On the morning of November 18, Kieu was at school when Lam picked her up, according to a teacher.
According to the Sai Gon Tiep Thi, Lam is still being detained in Cambodia.
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