Chua Ser Lien (蔡思连 Caì Sīlián; c. 1961 – 8 July 2020) was a Singaporean who, together with his accomplice Tan Ping Koon, kidnapped a seven-year-old girl during Christmas Day of 2003. The abduction was brief and witnessed by several people, one of whom gave chase to the pair. Both Chua and Tan, then aged 42 and 35 respectively, realised they were followed and released the girl at Tampines. However, the two kidnappers called the girl's father the following day and demanded S$1 million from him or they would hurt her family. The sum of S$70,000 was eventually agreed and paid to them before both their arrests on 27 December 2003.[1]
After they both stood trial in September 2004 and pled guilty, both Tan and Chua were each sentenced to life imprisonment and three strokes of the cane. In July 2020, after 17 years behind bars, Chua, who had bipolar disorder, attempted suicide and fell off the railing during yard time at Changi Prison (where he served his sentence), and he died on the same day of his fall.[2]
^Lay, Belmont (25 January 2018). "Last 2 times children were kidnapped off the streets in S'pore: 1999 & 2003". Mothership.sg. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
^"Kidnapper serving life sentence at Changi Prison killed himself". AsiaOne. 22 December 2020. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
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