{"id":71744,"date":"2026-09-10T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T06:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/09\/10\/four-chinese-nationals-claim-trial-over-kidnapping-of-singaporean-man-in-penang\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T06:06:00","slug":"four-chinese-nationals-claim-trial-over-kidnapping-of-singaporean-man-in-penang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/09\/10\/four-chinese-nationals-claim-trial-over-kidnapping-of-singaporean-man-in-penang\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Chinese nationals claim trial over kidnapping of Singaporean man in Penang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four Chinese nationals, including a woman, claimed trial at the Sessions Court in Penang on Sept 10 to charges of kidnapping a Singaporean man.<br \/>The accused \u2013 Liu Ting Jun, Huang Jin, Wang Hao Yu, and Guan Siqi \u2013 pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to them in Mandarin before Sessions Court Judge Ahzal Fariz Ahmad Khairuddin.<br \/>According to the charge sheet, the four are alleged to have acted jointly to abduct and wrongfully confine the 72-year-old Singaporean at Penang International Airport in Bayan Lepas at around 4.15pm on July 26.<br \/>They were charged under Section 3(1) of the Kidnapping Act, read alongside Section 34 of the Penal Code. 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