Chinese brothers arrested for ‘kidnapping’ business tycoon’s dead mothers ashes

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Two brothers have been arrested in central China for allegedly “kidnapping” the ashes of a business tycoon’s dead mother, and attempting to ransom them back to him.

The men, named only by their surname, Chen, were ex-convicts who plotted the crime in order to bankroll repairs to their homes, according to a report in the Wuhan Evening News.

Their target was Mr Yu, a businessman from Hanchuan in Hubei province who the newspaper claimed was worth “tens of billions” of yuan. Click below for full story -