Hong Kong A home appliance billionaire and one of China's richest people was held hostage with his family for hours in a dramatic kidnapping attempt in which his son reportedly swam across a river to alert police, local media and authorities said.
Midea founder He Xiangjian, 77 -- ranked 45th on the global Forbes Rich List with a fortune worth more than $24 billion -- was accosted by five people at his home in the city of Foshan, in the southern province of Guangdong, on Sunday.Few additional details were provided by police. However the Securities Times, a business newspaper owned by the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily, said the initial phone call for help claimed the attackers may have been carrying explosive devices.
I think you mean a moat, not a river. EatTheGlobalRich
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