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The body of Yong Wang, a 38-year-old Chinese businessman who had been reported missing in Istanbul, was found buried in a field in the Arnavutkoy district, with his hands, feet, and mouth bound with packing tape.
Investigators determined he was killed in an attempted robbery, and Turkish prosecutors launched a criminal investigation that later led to an Interpol red notice being issued for 10 suspects, who were subsequently detained in China.
Wang was reported missing on Jan. 24 after his lawyer filed a missing-person application with the Bakirkoy District Police Department.
Police teams then took up the case and began tracking the vehicle Wang had been using by reviewing its GPRS signal data, a location-tracking system that can help establish where a device or vehicle was last detected.
The signal review showed the vehicle was last seen in a field in the Baklali neighborhood in Arnavutkoy.
As teams moved into searching the area, they found digging tools, including a pickaxe and shovels, which led to a more detailed sweep of the site.
After further work in the field, Wang’s body was recovered from a buried location.
According to the findings by the Missing Persons Bureau under the Istanbul Police Department’s Public Order Branch, Wang had been buried with his hands, feet, and mouth bound using packing tape.
As the investigation was carried on, authorities determined that the victim was a businessman and that he was allegedly killed by people who were trying to take his money.
A criminal investigation was launched by the on-duty prosecutor’s office in Gaziosmanpasa.
Within the scope of the probe, 10 people were identified as suspects and an arrest decision was issued through Interpol, the international police cooperation body that helps countries track and detain fugitives across borders.
The suspects were reported to have been detained in China.
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