Korean Teen Kidnapped in Vietnam Over Father's Gambling Debt... Father Flees Back Alone in Fear

A teenage Korean woman has been rescued after being kidnapped by local loan sharks in Vietnam.

On August 15, a teenage woman, identified as A, was kidnapped by local loan sharks in Hanoi, Vietnam, due to her father's gambling debt.

Her father, B, who is an expatriate stationed in Vietnam for a South Korean company, reportedly failed to pay off debts incurred from gambling locally, leading loan sharks to take his daughter A hostage.

However, feeling threatened for his own safety, the father B fled the country alone the very next day, August 16, leaving his daughter behind locally.

It was reported that B felt fearful as confinement and assault stemming from gambling debts are frequent in the region.

Considering that A's mother is currently staying in South Korea, B's flight meant that A was completely isolated from her family.

It was A's local tutor who reported the kidnapping of A to the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Vietnam in Hanoi.

Embassy officials and dispatched police officers located and rescued A through cooperation with the Vietnamese public security authorities.

Fortunately, A was reportedly moved to a safe location on August 26.

Police and diplomatic authorities are reviewing whether to launch an investigation after verifying whether B was a habitual gambler and checking the scale of his debts.

(Reported by Jung Da-eun | Video by Kim Hye-ju | Graphics by Yang Hye-min | Produced by SBS Digital News)
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