PANews reported on May 31 that, according to Cambodian media KohsantepheapDaily, a Chinese man was kidnapped, extorted, and murdered in Phnom Penh. A 53-year-old Chinese man (a real estate company owner) was kidnapped from his apartment parking lot by three suspects. The suspects used the victim's phone to contact his wife (also a Chinese national), demanding a ransom of $2 million in cryptocurrency. When the wife said she couldn't pay, the suspects continued to harass her with messages. Around 9 a.m. the next morning, the suspects sent a final message saying "That's it," and then lost contact. The wife subsequently reported the incident to the police and confirmed the kidnapping through apartment surveillance footage. The suspects tortured the victim (suffocating him by gagging, stabbing him, and beating him), causing his death. The body was then left in the back seat of a car, which was dumped along with the body in an open area near a garbage dump in Ba Ko village, Dangkao district. It was discovered by a truck driver around 11 a.m. on May 30. Police have confirmed this is a kidnapping-extortion-murder case, not a simple murder followed by body disposal. The three suspects are currently being pursued.