2 Chinese suspects in Que kidnap-slay arrested in Boracay

A barangay employee points to the site in Sitio Odiongan, Barangay Macabud, Rodriguez, Rizal, where the bodies of Chinese-Filipino businessman Anson Que and his driver Armanie Pabillo were found on Wednesday. They were placed inside nylon bags. The two men were last seen on March 29 after leaving their office in Valenzuela City. (LYN RILLON / INQUIRER)

MANILA, Philippines –  Two suspects in the abduction and murder of Chinese-Filipino businessman Anson Que Tan and his driver have been arrested in a resort in Boracay, Aklan.

The suspects, according to a highly reliable source, are two Chinese citizens, one male and one female.

They were apprehended before 2:00 p.m. inside a resort at Station 2 on Saturday.

In a separate police report, authorities identified them as Gong Wen Li, alias Kelly, and a certain Wu Ja Ping.

Earlier, Philippine National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo disclosed that Gong was used by David Tan Liao to lure Que to a residence in Barangay Langka in Meycauayan, Bulacan last month.

Liao was one of the alleged masterminds in the case.

It was in Bulacan where the two victims were reportedly restrained and held by other suspects.

Que and his driver, Armanie Pabillo, were last seen alive at his office in Valenzuela City on March 29.

Their remains were discovered inside nylon bags dumped in Barangay Macabud, Rodriguez, Rizal on April 9.

Que’s family reportedly received a ransom demand worth $20 million or P1.14 billion.

They eventually paid P200 million in cryptocurrency in multiple tranches.

The ransom money was tracked by authorities to the electronic wallets of two casino junket operators.

Meanwhile, the Anti-Money Laundering Council said in a statement on May 12 that it is cooperating with the police and regulators to investigate the laundering of ransom money in the kidnapping of the businessman. /gsg/cb/apl