Found Safe Australia - Oliver Yang, 12, Mudgearaba in Queensland, 11 May 2018

[Morrisa]

There is currently a press conference with terrible audio. Sounds like they have said it was a "kidnap for ransom".

https://livestream.com/queenslandpolice/events/8184952

 

[Jennifer17]

There is currently a press conference with terrible audio. Sounds like they have said it was a "kidnap for ransom".

https://livestream.com/queenslandpolice/events/8184952

I thought that from the beginning, like Dr Chang.

 

[Jennifer17]

There is currently a press conference with terrible audio. Sounds like they have said it was a "kidnap for ransom".

https://livestream.com/queenslandpolice/events/8184952

As well as I could hear, he said the car was located with the boy, yet other news reports say that they are still looking for the car.

 

[Morrisa]

As well as I could hear, he said the car was located with the boy, yet other news reports say that they are still looking for the car.

Yes, I had to put my headphones on for better clarity! The man is known to the family, could be others involved. He is in the process of being extradited back to QLD.. All to do with finances/ personal loans?

 

[Jennifer17]

Yes, I had to put my headphones on for better clarity! The man is known to the family, could be others involved. He is in the process of being extradited back to QLD.. All to do with finances/ personal loans?

I can't imagine why they would hold that press conference outside. It is blowing a gale where I live, on the NSW north coast. Is it in Sydney?

 

[Morrisa]

I can't imagine why they would hold that press conference outside. It is blowing a gale where I live, on the NSW north coast. Is it in Sydney?

Yeah pretty windy all day.

 

[Morrisa]

Latest...

http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/missing-boys-parents-rush-to-grafton-after-breakthrough-in-alleged-abduction/news-story/9551241d4180e966b448593352e15486

 

[gregjrichards]

“A 12-year-old boy was allegedly abducted from outside his house and held for ransom by a man known to his family, police have claimed.

The boy was allegedly dragged into a car on the Gold Coast on Friday and was found safe on Saturday afternoon 236km away in Grafton, New South Wales.
Police said he is now being treated at the hospital after receiving cuts in line with having been bound.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...V-outside-house-236km-away.html#ixzz5FGjuQxwY

The young man must have been through hell but thankfully he is alive. I am sure counselling will be offered and it will help him.

 

[Morrisa]

I can only imagine the absolute terror that little boy would have felt. Thank god a member of the public saw the vehicle and it was intercepted. Prayers that Oliver and his family gets through this terrible time.

 

[Jennifer17]

Can we deport that man who does not know that Australians do not kidnap children and hold them for ransom over a business dispute? Probably not.

 

[JLZ]

Can we deport that man who does not know that Australians do not kidnap children and hold them for ransom over a business dispute? Probably not.

I haven't seen it reported that he's actually Chinese, only "of Chinese heritage". If he's Australian and of Chinese heritage, no, he can't be deported (IMO). . . . What you are saying is probably quite offensive to many Australian-Chinese and Chinese people whose culture does not endorse kidnapping children for ransom.

 

[SouthAussie]

I can only imagine the absolute terror that little boy would have felt. Thank god a member of the public saw the vehicle and it was intercepted. Prayers that Oliver and his family gets through this terrible time.

He certainly experienced some horrible stuff .....


It is understood the boy was found with his head bound to a headrest of a car parked on the side of the road.

“What the long term ramifications are for him as a person hopefully aren’t too bad but I would suspect it would have been fairly traumatic.”

https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.a...t/news-story/553fa3eb84e03e90b72dd6090a65a48b

 

[Jennifer17]

I haven't seen it reported that he's actually Chinese, only "of Chinese heritage". If he's Australian and of Chinese heritage, no, he can't be deported (IMO). . . . What you are saying is probably quite offensive to many Australian-Chinese and Chinese people whose culture does not endorse kidnapping children for ransom.

You have your opinion on this, and I have mine.

 

[SouthAussie]

Sounds as if only one person has been arrested. I wonder what happened to the other person in the car. I notice that some publications have now deleted this info. Either the witness was mistaken, or someone else is being protected ... like perhaps a person who was made to go along but didn't want to, perhaps a person who later assisted the police.

You would think that while the main perp speedily took off (or a second person drove the vehicle), someone else would have been needed to restrain Oliver. He isn't a little helpless boy - and he was screaming when abducted (resisting), young, and physically active (tennis racquet).


One witness who told police she saw two people in the car .....
https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.a...t/news-story/553fa3eb84e03e90b72dd6090a65a48b

...... when the occupants of a dark coloured Jeep grabbed him off the street at about 3.30pm.
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/s...Australia-May-11-2018&p=14104296#post14104296

Det Insp Hogan said he could not comment on whether police had identified the owners of the car.
https://www.centralnorthburnetttimes.com.au/news/amber-alert-for-missing-mudgeeraba-boy-12/3412790/

 

[Jennifer17]

Sounds as if only one person has been arrested. I wonder what happened to the other person in the car. I notice that some publications have now deleted this info. Either the witness was mistaken, or someone else is being protected ... like perhaps a person who was made to go along but didn't want to, perhaps a person who later assisted the police.

You would think that while the main perp speedily took off someone else would have needed to restrain Oliver, he isn't a little helpless boy - and he was screaming when abducted (resisting), young, and physically active (tennis raquet).


One witness who told police she saw two people in the car .....
https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.a...t/news-story/553fa3eb84e03e90b72dd6090a65a48b

...... when the occupants of a dark coloured Jeep grabbed him off the street at about 3.30pm.
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/s...Australia-May-11-2018&p=14104296#post14104296

Det Insp Hogan said he could not comment on whether police had identified the owners of the car.

Good point.

 

[they'll get you]

Can we deport that man who does not know that Australians do not kidnap children and hold them for ransom over a business dispute? Probably not.

Kerrie Whelan was an Australia who was kidnapped by an Australian.

Kerrie was an affluent business owner and her abductor was a disgruntled employee who wanted a ransom. Kerrie has never been found.


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[they'll get you]

You have your opinion on this, and I have mine.

There’s some Chinese heritage Australian citizens are more Aussie than you and me and my ancestors came out on the first fleet. Yep I’m a proud convict.
Many many Chinese came out for the gold rush and the Afghans brought in the camels long ago. They are Australians.


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[SouthAussie]

There’s some Chinese heritage Australian citizens are more Aussie than you and me and my ancestors came out on the first fleet. Yep I’m a proud convict.
Many many Chinese came out for the gold rush and the Afghans brought in the camels long ago. They are Australians.


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I am pretty bewildered as to why the alleged perp's heritage was even mentioned.
An example of the non-discriminatory portions of our society??

 

[Morrisa]

It is understood police will allege the kidnapping was part of a chilling plot to settle a gambling debt believed to be about 20 million Chinese yuan ($4 million) racked up by the boy’s father.

http://www.news.com.au/national/que...n/news-story/9551241d4180e966b448593352e15486

 

[SouthAussie]

It is understood police will allege the kidnapping was part of a chilling plot to settle a gambling debt believed to be about 20 million Chinese yuan ($4 million) racked up by the boy’s father.

http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/missing-boys-parents-rush-to-grafton-after-breakthrough-in-alleged-abduction/news-story/9551241d4180e966b448593352e15486

Wow! Must have been a tad annoying to the abductor that the family were living in a nice area, in a nice new (according to the article) home, paying private school fees, and goodness knows what else. All while this massive debt was outstanding.