According to reports, the 29 year old informed his friend residing in Hong Kong that he was being held for a AED 109,000 ransom through WhatsApp.
The suspects were identified as four Chinese nationals who were caught with the victim in a house in Makati City, Metro Manila.
They are currently under the custody of the Philippine National Police as an investigation is underway.
Police probe motive in New Orleans truck rampage
Investigators in New Orleans were searching on Thursday for what motivated a US Army veteran flying an IS flag from his truck to plough into a crowd of New Year's revelers, killing 15 people and injuring 30 more before dying in a shootout with police.
Israeli airstrike kills at least 10 in southern Gaza
An Israeli airstrike killed at least 10 Palestinians in a tent encampment sheltering displaced families in the southern Gaza strip early on Thursday, medics said.
10 people injured in New York City shooting incident
Ten people were injured in a mass shooting in the New York City borough of Queens late on New Year's Day, the New York Police Department said in a news briefing early on Thursday.
South Korea police raid Jeju Air, airport over fatal crash
South Korean police on Thursday raided the offices of Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport as part of the probe into the fatal crash of a Boeing 737-800 plane that killed 179 people.
Syrian delegation arrives in Saudi Arabia in first official visit
A high-ranking Syrian delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday on the first foreign visit by the country's new rulers since they ousted president Bashar al-Assad last month, state media said.
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