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Beijing News (Reporter Qin Bing and Yan Mochen) On August 5, three Chinese employees in Papua New Guinea (hereinafter referred to as "PNG") were hijacked by bandits. On August 7, Beijing News reporters learned from the Chinese Embassy in PNG that the bandits disguised themselves as police officers and the three were hijacked on their way to work. On the afternoon of the same day (5th), the three were successfully rescued, and one suspect was arrested by the police, but several suspects are still at large. According to preliminary judgment, this hijacking targeted the warehouse gathering areas and activity time periods of Chinese companies, and extorted Chinese people.

It is understood that on August 5, the embassy staff received a report from a Chinese company in Hagen, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, saying that three Chinese employees were hijacked by bandits disguised as police officers on their way to work. The embassy immediately set up a special working group and made representations to the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Police General Department, Western Highlands Governor and Hagen City Police Department, demanding full rescue efforts to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens.

"Around 7 a.m., several kidnappers intercepted the victim with M16 rifles and abducted him. They then called to demand a ransom and provided the approximate location of where the victim was abducted," said the Secretary-General of the China-Papua New Guinea Friendship Association (hereinafter referred to as the "Friendship Association")Li HuadongIt was revealed that the embassy, ​​the Friendship Association, local police and others went to the designated location to carry out the rescue.

"The victim was initially tied up in a container near the airport. When the police went to rescue him at around 10 a.m., the kidnappers had already moved the victim to the mountain," said Li Huadong. "A gunfight broke out near the airport, and the rescuers found that the victim was not there, so they failed to rescue him the first time."