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A Chinese national studying in Canada was shocked multiple times by a man with a stun gun in a violent kidnapping in the underground parking garage of his condominium north of Toronto, authorities said Monday.
York regional police said Lu Wanzhen, 22, was walking with his friend toward the lift of the Markham, Ontario building at around 6pm on Saturday when a black van pulled up behind them after they got out of their vehicle. Three men got out and ambushed Lu, dragging him into the van.
Suspect in Lu Wanzhen’s Canada kidnap arrested as fears for victim grow

Police said they have found the van allegedly used to kidnap him.
Constable Andy Pattenden says they are still extremely worried about Lu’s safety.
Police are looking for four suspects.

Lu, who also goes by the name “Peter,” is studying at a school in Toronto. He reportedly drives a white Lamborghini, a Rolls-Royce, and a Range Rover.
He and a female friend who had been in the vehicle with him were in the garage of his block of flats when they were ambushed.


Pattenden said the friend wasn’t taken, leading officers to believe Lu was targeted.
Security images show three suspects wearing jackets with their hoods pulled tight to their heads along with images of the van.
When Chinese bandits kidnapped a blond British bride and her pets
Pattenden said members of his family are on their way to Canada.

“We have been in close contact and communication with the police, urging them to rescue the kidnapped student as soon as possible. The police said that they are doing their best to solve the case. We have also contacted the student's parents in China,” said a spokesman of the Chinese Consulate-General in Toronto.
Two Chinese nationals indicted in California kidnapping and extortion plot
Police have not made contact with the suspects, Pattenden said, and to his knowledge no ransom demands have been made.

“This entire case is odd,” Pattenden told reporters.
“Abductions like this, especially with this level of violence used are very rare in this country.”
Additional reporting by Xinhua


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Lamborghini-driving Chinese student Lu Wanzhen, 22, is kidnapped outside Toronto by attackers who shocked him with stun gun

Kidnap victim Lu Wanzhen (left), and a CCTV image of one of his attackers, wielding what appears to be a stun gun. Photo: York Regional Police

The Markham, Ontario, apartment block from where Lu Wanzhen was kidnapped on Saturday. Photo: York Regional Police

One of the kidnappers of Lu Wanzhen, in an image released by York Regional Police. Photo:  York Regional Police

The black van that police say was used in the kidnapping of Chinese student  Lu Wanzhen speeds away in a Markham, Ontario, garage, on Saturday in this image from CCTV. Photo: York Regional Police

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This FBI handout photo shows Chinese national Ruochen “Tony” Liao, 28, of Santa Ana, Calif., who is believed to have died during his kidnapping. Photo: AFP

This handout image obtained August 20, 2018 from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows a poster with photographs of Chinese national Ruochen "Tony" Liao (at left & center) who was taken against his will in the city of San Gabriel, California on July 16, 2018, according to witnesses. At right is a sketch of a suspect, known only as "David", description of which was given by a witness and made by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. - A Chinese national has been missing for five weeks after being abducted in California by three men demanding a $2 million ransom, the FBI revealed on Monday, August 20, 2018. Ruochen "Tony" Liao, 28, who worked at a luxury car dealership in Costa Mesa, was kidnapped on July 16 in the city of San Gabriel by three men riding in two black vehicles, Laura Eimiller, spokeswoman for the FBI office in Los Angeles, told AFP. She said Liao's abduction may be linked to a business deal gone sour, as he often worked with "people not often reputable."

How Chinese bandits’ kidnapping of a blond British bride and her pet dogs became a global news story

Japanese-occupied northeast China was a hotbed of warlords, bandits and pirates, with the frequent kidnapping of foreigners having become an integral component of the local economy. So why, then, did the snatching of a 19-year-old blond British newlywed become the news story of 1932?

--Correction, the figure on the left should be Muriel ÒTinkoÓ Pawley--

 "Captives of the Chinese bandits": The English Kenneth Pawley and Charles Corkran held prisoner by Manchu bandits are delivered at the price of a rancon of 13 000 pounds sterling. Engraving on the front page of "The Illustrious Little Newspaper", 1932. Private Collection © Lee / Lemage


"Captifs des bandits chinois" : les anglais Kenneth Pawley et Charles Corkran retenus prisonniers par des bandits mandchous sont delivres au prix d'une rancon de 13 000 livres sterling. Gravure a la Une de "L'illustre du petit journal", 1932. Collection privee ©Lee/Lemage

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CREDIT:  AFP

General Ma Zhanshan. Picture: Wiki Commons

Handout image shows author a page from he Kingsport Times, dated December 12, 1932, telling the story of newly released kidnap victims Muriel âTinkoâ Pawle, Charlie Corkran and Duncan âMackâ Macintosh.

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CREDIT:  Kingsport Times

Handout image shows book cover My Bandit Hosts: The Terrifying Experiences of a Young Bride Who Was Kidnapped by Chinese Bandits (as told to Joy Packer) by Muriel ÒTinkoÓ Pawley  and was published in 1935

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Handout image shows  kidnap victim 19-year-old newly married Muriel ÒTinkoÓ Pawley, in Tianjin, 1932. In "Public Opinion" December 08, 1932.

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CREDIT: Public Opinion

Handout image shows theatre critic James Agate who recorded the unfolding events in his diary of the kidnapping of 19-year-old newly married Muriel ÒTinkoÓ Pawley, in Tianjin, 1932.

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Handout image shows author Evelyn Waugh, who wrote a short story based on the kidnapping of 19-year-old newly married Muriel ÒTinkoÓ Pawley and her dogs: two Alsatians, Whisky and Rolf, and a pointer pup called Squiffy, in Tianjin, 1932.

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Handout image shows a Illustrated London News report with images from before and after kidnapping of 19-year-old newly married Muriel ÒTinkoÓ Pawley, Charlie Corkran and Duncan ÒMackÓ Macintosh, in Tianjin, 1932.

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CREDIT: Illustrated London News

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Police fear for the safety on Lu Wanzhen, who was ambushed in the garage of his flat in Markham, Ontario, on Saturday
Investigators say no hostage demands have been made by the suspects


Police fear for the safety on Lu Wanzhen, who was ambushed in the garage of his flat in Markham, Ontario, on Saturday. Investigators say no hostage demands have been made by the suspects.


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Lamborghini-driving Chinese student Lu Wanzhen, 22, is kidnapped outside Toronto by attackers who shocked him with stun gun

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}Police fear for the safety on Lu Wanzhen, who was ambushed in the garage of his flat in Markham, Ontario, on Saturday Investigators say no hostage demands have been made by the suspects

Police fear for the safety on Lu Wanzhen, who was ambushed in the garage of his flat in Markham, Ontario, on Saturday

Investigators say no hostage demands have been made by the suspects