Ugandan police have arrested three suspects in connection with
the robbery of about 20,000 US dollars from six Chinese working
with a construction firm in Kampala, a police spokesman said
Monday.
Semeo Nsubuga told reporters that the suspects had provided
leads to the recovery of the money which was robbed on Feb. 15 at
gunpoint at the office of the China Civil Engineering Construction
Corporation in Bugolobi, a Kampala suburb.
During the robbery, which took place in the evening and lasted
about 10 minutes, three employees of the company sustained minor
injuries.
He said the victims were followed and robbed of 7,000 dollars,
21.2 million Ugandan shillings (about 12,500 dollars), a digital
camera worth 450 dollars, and two cell phones.
However, the Economic and Commercial Counselor's Office of the
Chinese Embassy to Uganda told Xinhua they were robbed of 7,000
dollars, 23 million shillings (about 13,500 dollars), 2,000 Chinese
yuan (about 280 dollars) and four cell phones on Feb. 14.
A Chinese businessman was shot dead by armed robbers in the
presence of his wife and two other Chinese in December 2006 in
Uganda.
During the robbery, the victims were robbed of two million
shillings (about 1,160 dollars) that they were carrying in their
car.
(Xinhua News Agency February 19, 2008)
