Police are continuing their search for kidnapped Chinese restaurant owner Xue Hua Shan. Investigators up to late yesterday were trying to make contact with Shan's mother who lives in China. Her relatives told police the woman's mother received a text message on Wednesday, saying her daughter was released. The message, police said, was sent in a Chinese dialect to Shan's mother a few days ago. Another close family friend in China also was questioned by officers of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad. He has since returned to China.
A text message was sent to the family members who own a businessplace at Broadway, Port-of-Spain.
After Shan was abducted a $4 million ransom demand had been made for her safe release. However, there has been no other calls or texts from her captors demanding money, police said. Shan, 31, was reported abducted outside her Seventh Street, Barataria, home on April 14.