Manhunt under way after 4 men abduct Hong Kong cryptocurrency investor, attack husband with stun gun
- Victim freed an hour after she was bundled into car at around 8.45pm on Tuesday
- Preliminary investigations show dispute over HK$15 million was behind city’s second abduction in 32 hours, insider reveals
Hong Kong police have launched a manhunt for at least four men who abducted a cryptocurrency investor and attacked her husband with a stun gun after intercepting their car in a rural village.
The woman, 55, was freed about an hour after she was bundled into the seven-seater car at Tai Lau Leng Village off Po Shek Wu Road in Sheung Shui at around 8.45pm on Tuesday, according to the force.
A source familiar with the case said on Wednesday that preliminary investigations suggested a financial dispute over a HK$15 million (US$1.9 million) investment in virtual currency the victim was involved in was behind the city’s second abduction in 32 hours.
The woman works as a cryptocurrency investor and her husband, 43, owns an IT firm, the Post has learned.
Another source said that after the couple’s car was intercepted, “four men jumped out of the vehicle and dragged the woman out. Her husband was attacked with a stun gun after he attempted to intervene”.
He added the woman was then shoved into the captors’ vehicle which sped off before police were called in.
Officers were sent to the scene after receiving a report from her husband.
About an hour later, the woman was released in Ta Kwu Ling, about 7km (4.3 miles) away from the crime scene, the source revealed.
