[SINGAPORE'S "BISCUIT KING" MR LEE GEE CHONG, 49, WAS KIDNAPPED AT GARLICK AVENUE LAST NIGHT. MR LEE AND MR SALIM LEFT THE GREAT WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK AT ABOUT 10.30 PM, WHERE MR LEE HAD ATTENDED A DINNER. NOTHING UNUSUAL OCCURRED ON THE JOURNEY HOME WHEN JUST ABOUT 50 YARDS FROM THE JUNCTION, A CAR SUDDENLY APPEARED WITH ITS HEADLIGHTS FULL ON. THEIR CAR WAS SMASHED INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND THE NEARSIDE FRONT WHEEL LODGED IN A DRAIN. ONE OF THE MAN WAS TRYING TO DRAG MR SALIM OUT. HE NOTICED TOO THAT TWO OTHERS WERE ON THE OTHER OF THE CAR PULLING MR LEE OUT. MR SALIM WAS INJURED DURING THE STRUGGLE. HE COULD NOT GET A CLOSE LOOK AT THEM BUT NOTICED THAT THEIR CAR WAS MEDIUM-SIZED ONE AND BLACK IN COLOUR. HE RAN TO THE NEAREST HOUSE AND TELEPHONED MR LEE'S HOME. AN EMERGENCY "999" CALL WAS MADE AND WITHIN MINUTES AN INTENSIVE HUNT WAS ON.] DRIVER SALIM, WHO SAW HIS EMPLOYER KIDNAPPED.
20/04/1960
PCD0160 - 087
T2002,08747
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