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CASE 186 | Ke Jibao | August 4, 2024 | Thailand
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DATABASE RECORD
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id 186
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date August 4, 2024
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original_date August 4, 2024
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year 2024
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month 8
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quarter 2024-Q3
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victim Ke Jibao
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location Bangkok, Thailand
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country Thailand
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scenario Home Invasion
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description Gang of 4 Chinese nationals sneak into gated estate, commit armed home invasion, rob $2M USD of cryptocurrency.
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kidnappings 1
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violence_torture 1
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drugs_alcohol 0
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weapons 1
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theft 1
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life_taken 0
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money_wanted $2M (70M THB)
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coin_type crypto
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reports asianews
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notes forcefully entered into house, held captive 6 people, forced victim to arrange a transfer by his family in China
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has_processed_date 1
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created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45
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(flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against
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their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the
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same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.)
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AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
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**Victim:** Ke Jibao
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**Attackers:** Gang/organized group
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**Attack Method:** Home Invasion - victim kidnapped
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**Violence Used:** Physical violence
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**Crypto Stolen:** $2M (70M THB) in crypto
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**Status:** Investigation ongoing
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LINKED SOURCES
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[url] https://asianews.network/hunt-for-chinese-gang-suspected-of-thb70-million-robbery-in-thailands/
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NOTES ON THIS FILE
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* matched to sheet row 187: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
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Source asianews
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URL https://asianews.network/hunt-for-chinese-gang-suspected-of-thb70-million-robbery-in-thailands/
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Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 187, column "Articles"
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Length 1,950 chars
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Hunt for Chinese gang suspected of THB70 million robbery in Thailand’s
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The intruders captured the residents, comprising three men and three women, and forced Ke to transfer 70 million baht (US$2 million) of digital money to their account, said Ke Jibao, a Chinese businessman.
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The Nation
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The Nation
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ejb5ZwkNdku56BoHEUGP.webp
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Luxury home in Pathum Thani targeted in armed robbery; residents say Chinese gang forced them to transfer US$2 million to their account. PHOTO: THE NATION
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August 16, 2024
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BANGKOK – Pathum Thani police on Wednesday launched a hunt for a gang of four Chinese nationals following an armed robbery at a luxury house located on a golf course in Muang district of Pathum Thani province.
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Ke Jibao, 34, a Chinese businessman, told officers of Pak Klong Rangsit police station that four armed men of Chinese nationality wearing ski masks barged into the house on Tuesday night.
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The intruders captured the residents, comprising three men and three women, and forced Ke to transfer US$2 million (70 million baht) of digital money to their account, he said.
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The victim said after his relatives in China had completed the transfer, the four grabbed the house’s CCTV servers and drove away in his black Toyota Alphard, licence plate 1ขย 9302 Bangkok, at around 2.45am.
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Ke sustained a knife wound to his wrist during the attack, while another resident was hit on the forehead with a gun. They were sent to a hospital for treatment after being questioned by the police.
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On Wednesday afternoon, police found the car abandoned near a power plant in Ban Mai subdistrict, and are conducting a thorough forensic investigation in the hope of finding traces of the thieves.
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Pak Klong Rangsit station chief Pol Col Narong Iamrahong said he would lead the investigation himself, adding officers are questioning each of the victims and neighbours, as well as checking CCTV footage in nearby areas to track the gang’s escape route.
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FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [AUTO-TRIMMED — UNREVIEWED]
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!! Furniture was cut by a script keyed on this case's record, not by a person.
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!! It may still carry passages about OTHER cases from a round-up article.
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!! The full page extract is kept in staging/ if a cut needs revisiting.
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Source asianews.network
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URL https://asianews.network/hunt-for-chinese-gang-suspected-of-thb70-million-robbery-in-thailands/
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Field url
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Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:50:14+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200)
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Language unknown
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Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 1-7 of 8
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Length 1,531 chars
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Integrity sha256 1592d76b1e07ceab9ca9976387b4a7d6a3d025b293afb145765f2d33e69d79d7
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Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 1-7 plus headline [0]; dropped 0 leading and 0 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 10.
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Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied
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from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against.
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)
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Hunt for Chinese gang suspected of THB70 million robbery in Thailand’s – Asia News Network
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BANGKOK – Pathum Thani police on Wednesday launched a hunt for a gang of four Chinese nationals following an armed robbery at a luxury house located on a golf course in Muang district of Pathum Thani province.
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Ke Jibao, 34, a Chinese businessman, told officers of Pak Klong Rangsit police station that four armed men of Chinese nationality wearing ski masks barged into the house on Tuesday night.
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The intruders captured the residents, comprising three men and three women, and forced Ke to transfer US$2 million (70 million baht) of digital money to their account, he said.
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The victim said after his relatives in China had completed the transfer, the four grabbed the house’s CCTV servers and drove away in his black Toyota Alphard, licence plate 1ขย 9302 Bangkok, at around 2.45am.
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Ke sustained a knife wound to his wrist during the attack, while another resident was hit on the forehead with a gun. They were sent to a hospital for treatment after being questioned by the police.
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On Wednesday afternoon, police found the car abandoned near a power plant in Ban Mai subdistrict, and are conducting a thorough forensic investigation in the hope of finding traces of the thieves.
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Pak Klong Rangsit station chief Pol Col Narong Iamrahong said he would lead the investigation himself, adding officers are questioning each of the victims and neighbours, as well as checking CCTV footage in nearby areas to track the gang’s escape route.
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generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 186
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