Six men have been found guilty of offences in connection with a violent kidnapping that resulted in what’s believed to be largest ransom ever paid in Canada.
Yat Fung Albert Tse, Viet Bac Nguyen, Nhan Trong Ly, Daniel Luis Soux, Huong Dac Doan and Myles Alexander Vandrick were charged with kidnapping, unlawful confinement and extortion in the February 2006 abduction of drug kingpin Peter Li, his wife, Jennifer Pan, and his associate, Xiao Cheng.
The three victims were taken from Li’s Burnaby apartment and were held for nearly a month.
Li and Cheng were beaten and tortured with a Taser-like device and Pan was tortured at the Richmond home where they were held.
Li arranged for nearly $1.3 million in ransom to be paid out – in money drops in Vancouver, Toronto and China. None of the money has ever been recovered.
The victims were eventually released.
The defence claimed it was all a hoax, but in a 226-page judgment released Thursday, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barry Davies rejected that argument.
He found Tse, Soux, Ly, Nguyen, and Vandrick guilty of kidnapping. Doan was found not guilty of kidnapping.
The judge found all six men guilty of unlawful confinement and extortion. He found Nguyen not guilty of aggravated assault and Soux and Vandrick not guilty of possessing a firearm without a licence.
Since the kidnapping, Li has been sentenced to 13 years in jail in a major Ecstasy-importation scheme.
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