中国驻南非德班市总领馆采取迅速行动解救遭绑架中国公民

中国驻南非德班市总领馆采取迅速行动解救遭绑架中国公民

3月16日，南非夸祖鲁纳塔尔省科克斯塔德市（距离德班市270公里）一中国公民在其商店附近遭一伙劫匪绑架，去向不明。劫匪向被绑者家属索要高额赎金。接到报案后，中国驻德班总领馆高度重视，迅速采取解救行动，与我驻南非使馆警务处、夸纳省警察厅、德班中心警局、事发当地警方和德班华人警民合作中心保持密切联系和协调，力促警方尽快侦破此案，解救人质，抓捕绑匪。

我驻德班总领事王建州在总领馆紧急约见夸纳省警察厅重案组负责人和德班中心警局外事警察负责人，要求警方采取迅速、有效和稳妥的解救和搜捕行动。夸纳省警方高度配合，迅速部署和行动，很快锁定绑匪活动范围和位置。警方负责人一直在总领馆与我人员一起协调指挥解救行动。经各方共同努力，被绑人质在傍晚成功脱险，由警方人员护送到安全地点。应我总领馆要求，警方为受害人及其家属提供了与本案有关的后续安保措施，并承诺力争尽快抓捕绑匪，将其绳之以法。

受害人一家对我总领馆为解救人质和保护其安全所做的积极努力和成效深表感谢。

在处理本案的过程中，王建州还与警方负责人就在该市领区建立联合预防和打击针对华人抢劫绑架犯罪活动的长效机制深入交换了意见。

驻德班总领馆在此提醒广大侨胞警惕各类风险，加强安全防范。如在商业活动中减少现金使用，警惕可疑人员尾随跟踪，尽可能雇佣保安，在招工时要求被雇人提供警方出具的无犯罪记录证明等个人信息资料，从多方面确保自身安全，防止类似事件发生。

驻德班市总领事王建州在总领馆约见夸纳省警察厅重案组负责人和德班中心警局外事警察负责人

A Chinese citizen was kidnapped by a gang of criminals near his store at Kokstad， KwaZulu-Natal， South Africa （270km from Durban）. His family didn't know where he had been taken. The kidnappers asked the victim's family for a large ransom. Having received the report of this case， the Consulate General of the PRC in Durban paid high attention to it， taking rescue action immediately. Staff kept in close contact with the Police Liaison Section of the Embassy of the PRC in South Africa， the KwaZulu-Natal Police Service， the Flying Squad in Durban Centre Police Department， the SAPS in Kokstad and the Durban Chinese community & Police Co-operation Centre，demanding that the police try their best to crack the case，rescue the hostage and capture the kidnappers as soon as possible.

Mr. Wang Jianzhou， Consul-General of the Consulate General of the PRC in Durban， had an urgent meeting with the colonel in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department in KwaZulu-Natal and the colonel in charge of the Flying Squad in the Durban Central Police Department， asking the police to take immediate， ef fective and safe action to search for and rescue the hostage. The police co-ordinated closely with the Chinese Consulate， taking rapid action and deploying several detectives. Soon the police located the area where the kidnappers were hiding. The colonels stayed in the consulate to command and co-ordinate the rescue action with the Consul-General. By nightfall， as a result of the ef forts made by all parties concerned， the hostage escaped from the kidnappers and was successfully escorted by police to a safe place. At the request of the Consulate General of the PRC in Durban， the police protected the victim and his family in the following days and promised that they would bring the criminals to justice as soon as possible.

The victim and his family expressed gratitude to the Consulate General for its ef forts in his rescue and for the follow-up security.

Consul-General Wang Jianzhou has had in-depth discussions with the police to establish a long-term mechanism to prevent and crack down on crimes that target Chinese citizens.

Hence， the Consulate General of the PRC in Durban reminds Chinese citizens to be on the alert for any kind of risk and to improve their safety consciousness. They are strongly advised to minimize the use of cash in commercial activities. Everyone should be aware of any suspicious stalkers. Anyone who runs a shop or a factory should hire security guards. Employers should require job applicants to submit their personal information， including a Non-Criminal Record issued by the police， in an effort to ensure safety and security.

lf there is any emergency， please report to the police and contact the Embassy or the Consulate General of the PRC in South Africa

Police in South Africa： 10111

Global Hotline of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC for Consular Protection and Service： 0086-10-12308/59913991 Consular Assistance Hotline at the Embassy of the PRC in South Africa： 0785857708

Consular Assistance Hotline at the Consulate General of the PRC in Durban： 0761742938

Consular Assistance Hotline at the Consulate General of the PRC in Johannesburg： 0715111494

Consular Assistance Hotline at the Consulate General of the PRC in Cape Town： 0723096634

South African Chinese Community & Police Co-operation Centre Hotline： 011-6229515， 6228286

Durban Chinese Community & Police Co-operation Centre Hotline： 0825626460， 0787993231

Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Durban Took Prompt Action to Rescue Kidnapped Chinese Citizen