00:00A 57-year-old housewife was charged at the Johor Bahru Sessions Court on Sunday for allegedly
00:11conspiring to kidnap her own businessman husband for 20 million ringgit.
00:16The accused, Chan Wan Kui, nodded her head after the charges were read to her in Mandarin
00:21before Sessions Court Judge Hazilia Mohamed.
00:25However, no plea was recorded as the case falls under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
00:31The charge sheet states, the accused allegedly conspired with 46-year-old Chong Shih-Ming,
00:37together with Vietnamese nationals Luong Van Tung and Tran Van Chung, in committing the
00:42offence of kidnapping a 59-year-old man at a house near Jalan Straits View on October
00:4713.
00:48She was charged under Section 3, Subsection 1 of the Kidnapping Act, 1961, and Section
00:55109 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison and caning
01:01if convicted.
01:02Earlier, her lawyer Jagjit Singh applied for bail, as he said his client had already been
01:08in remand for a lengthy period.
01:10He added that his client undergoes regular check-ups for her health issues and that she
01:14is also a director of two companies.
01:17Bail was denied and her case has been fixed for mention on November 17.
01:22On Monday, Chong and the two Vietnamese nationals denied kidnapping the 59-year-old victim.
01:28Separately, a 36-year-old Vietnamese Nguyen Ngoc Ngan also denied disposing of a vehicle
01:34used in the alleged kidnapping.
01:37According to previous news reports, the victim was scheduled to go on a business trip when
01:42the incident occurred.
01:43The kidnappers demanded a 30 million ringgit ransom, and after negotiating, it was reduced
01:49to 20 million ringgit.
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