The police have arrested two mainland residents who were suspected of usury, imprisoning, beating and extorting debtors.
According to the authorities, the duo imprisoned the victim, also a mainland resident, who owed them RMB468,000, to which HKD5,000 interest was added every day.
Before being confined in a hotel room, he had paid HKD70,000 in interest.
While locked in the hotel room, he was blackmailed to pay another RMB150,000 to 200,000 in addition to the debt. He was beaten, threatened with a knife to his neck, forced to stand in a room and forbidden to eat or drink.
According to the police, the process was videotaped. During the period, the victim was forced to hand over his documents, mobile phone and bank card password, and a further RMB284,000 was transferred.
The victim asked security guards for help in the hotel lobby last Saturday.
That day, police arrived at the scene and intercepted the two mainland men and women.
The police said that two people were found to have overstayed at the same time. They confessed to lending money to the victim to do business, but denied loan sharking and imprisonment for extortion. Staff Reporter
