Man charged with helping kidnappers<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE (DPA): A Singapore food-stall owner has been charged
\nwith receiving millions of dollars in ransom money from the
\nfamily of an ethnic Chinese man kidnapped in Indonesia, reports
\nsaid yesterday.<\/p>\n
Mohamed Arifin Yahia, 54, allegedly opened a Singapore bank
\naccount last June on the instruction of his cousin, 33-year-old
\nsales manager Rodiaman Rachman, who lives in the Indonesian
\ncapital Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Some 7.5 million Singapore dollars (US$4.5 million) were
\nreportedly transferred into Mohamed's account in exchange for the
\nrelease of Indonesian tycoon Sjamsul Nursalim, 55, who was
\nkidnapped in Jakarta last year.<\/p>\n
Mohamed was charged in Singapore's Subordinate Court on Monday
\nwith dishonestly receiving the money, the Straits Times newspaper
\nsaid. He is in custody while his case continues.<\/p>\n
Nursalim, an ethnic Chinese otherwise known as Liem Tek Siong,
\nchairs Indonesia's Gajah Tunggal group. The company has interests
\nin tires, petrochemicals, banking and property.<\/p>\n
Rachman, together with kidnap mastermind Supardi Ludiat and
\nfive others, reportedly abducted Nursalim at gunpoint in Jakarta
\non Sept. 2.<\/p>\n
The kidnappers ordered Nursalim to hand over 12.5 million
\nSingapore dollars, a demand which they later reduced to 7.5
\nmillion, the Straits Times said.<\/p>",
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