The Philippine police have announced the arrest of a suspect ranked ninth among the country's top ten most wanted criminals. The arrested man was involved in the February 2025 kidnapping of a 14-year-old Chinese student, severing one of the victim's fingers to threaten the student's family for ransom.
According to Lianhe Zaobao, citing reports from the Philippine Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG), the arrested suspect is 27-year-old Chad Llanes Perol, who was accused of abducting a 14-year-old Chinese student from a well-known British international school in Manila in February last year and cutting off one of the student’s fingers to threaten the family for ransom.
The case drew strong attention from both China and the Philippines at the time, and the court issued three arrest warrants against Perol.
On March 6, at dawn, Philippine police successfully arrested Perol in Imus City, Cavite province.
According to public reports, the Chinese student and a driver were abducted after school on February 20, 2025. On the 21st, the driver's body was found. The kidnappers severed the tip of the student's right little finger, filmed the process, and sent the video to the victim’s parents, extorting US$20 million (79 million ringgit) in ransom. Eventually, after paying US$1 million (3.95 million ringgit), the Chinese student was abandoned on Macapagal Avenue on the 25th.