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A TEENAGER was abducted and threatened with sexual assault before a $94,000 ransom was demanded from her parents in China, a Sydney court was told today.
The woman was one of two 19-year-old Chinese students kidnapped on Friday and held for three days until police rescued them in a raid on a city hotel yesterday.
A young couple charged over the kidnapping were denied bail by Magistrate Clare Farnan in Central Local Court today.
Australian citizen Edison Zhen Hu, 18, of Allambie in Sydney's north applied for bail but it was refused.
His girlfriend, 21-year-old Chinese citizen Shan Shan Xing, who is in Australia on a student visa, did not apply for bail and it was formally refused.
They are charged with demanding money with menaces, with intention to steal, and detaining a person in company with int...
A TEENAGER was abducted and threatened with sexual assault before a $94,000 ransom was demanded from her parents in China, a Sydney court was told today.
The woman was one of two 19-year-old Chinese students kidnapped on Friday and held for three days until police rescued them in a raid on a city hotel yesterday.
A young couple charged over the kidnapping were denied bail by Magistrate Clare Farnan in Central Local Court today.
Australian citizen Edison Zhen Hu, 18, of Allambie in Sydney's north applied for bail but it was refused.
His girlfriend, 21-year-old Chinese citizen Shan Shan Xing, who is in Australia on a student visa, did not apply for bail and it was formally refused.
They are charged with demanding money with menaces, with intention to steal, and detaining a person in company with int...
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