A dispute about money between a Singaporean man and his Vietnamese girlfriend escalated into a full-blown crackdown by the Vietnamese SWAT team when he decided to keep her hostage.
41-year-old Eng Yong Kit has been arrested in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday for locking his 24-year-old girlfriend in a hotel room, Thanh Nien News reported. The man will be charged with illegally detaining a person against their will.
The city’s police received a tip-off about keeping the woman in a hotel room in District 3 around 1pm. Hotel staff had failed to diffuse the situation, and further attempts by the police to convince him to release the woman proved to be unsuccessful as well.
A squad of Cảnh sát Cơ động (CSCD) special forces soldiers were called in, and they broke down the hotel room door. The woman was freed, and Eng was promptly arrested.
The whole ordeal was said to have lasted over eight hours.
