Two traders kidnapped in RP

Fri, 07 Feb 1997 | Source: AFP

MANILA (AFP): Two ethnic Chinese-Filipino traders were kidnapped by heavily armed men in downtown Manila, police said yesterday.

Kok Ko, Edward Sy and a Filipina housemaid identified only as Sharon were forced into a car late Wednesday by the unidentified men wielding armalite rifles along Quezon boulevard in the commercial district of Quiapo, police said quoting witnesses.

Police are still determining if a ransom is being demanded by the kidnappers for the victims' release.

The kidnap came amid assurances from President Fidel Ramos' last Wednesday to that police protection had been stepped up for members of the ethnic Chinese community amid a spate of killings in Manila's Chinatown and surrounding areas.

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