In recent days, two Chinese medical device company executives were kidnapped by armed men in the Philippines. One of them has already paid a ransom of 3 million RMB, unfortunately, both individuals were found dead.
According to sources, the two victims belonged to separate medical equipment companies in China, both holding senior management positions. They arrived in the Philippines on June 20 to explore business opportunities and expand their presence in overseas markets. Tragically, they were kidnapped and later found dead on June 24.
One of the victims, Mr. Xia, served as the Director of International Marketing at a listed medical device company in China. The other victim, Mr. Sun, has elderly parents at home who are unaware of their son’s death in the Philippines, only knowing that he was kidnapped.
Reported by the “Philippine Business News” on July 2, the deceased Chinese citizen Xia Kefa, 39 years old, was the International Sales Director of Suzhou RunMaid Medical Technology Co., Ltd. Xia met the American Chinese, Sun Jing, at the EuroPCR conference in Paris on May 14. Both were attending the exhibition for medical equipment businesses in China.
Sun introduced Xia to someone claiming to be the distributor of Meder Medical Equipment Company in the Philippines named “Li Na,” and they agreed to travel to the Philippines in June for business negotiations.
On June 20, at noon, Xia and Sun departed from Beijing on Philippine Airlines flight PR359 to Manila, arriving around 6 p.m.
After retrieving their luggage, Xia contacted a colleague for the last time at 6:07 p.m. Since then, his phone was uncontactable, but there were responses on WeChat.
On June 21, at 11:36 a.m., Xia’s wife received several WeChat calls (including Xia’s voice and a third party’s voice) stating that Xia was at a club losing money in gambling and needed electronic remittance from his family.
During the phone calls between the kidnappers and the family, threats were made that if the ransom was not paid, they would harm Xia. The family immediately reported the incident to the Chinese police, as well as the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines and the Philippine police. They also emailed the Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Group on the same day.
Sun Jing, a Chinese-American on the same flight, replied with a car photo around 6:57 p.m. on WeChat but could not be reached by phone. His family also received calls demanding ransom.
According to the “Philippine Business News,” the kidnappers initially demanded a ransom of 25 million RMB. One family member paid 3 million RMB, but the kidnappers still killed the victims.
Currently, the FBI, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security, and the Philippine police Anti-Kidnapping Group are collaborating on the investigation.