A woman faked her own kidnapping in an attempt to get her two sons to pay a ransom—money that would be used to pay off loans she had taken out, according to Chinese news media Xiamen News.
The woman, surnamed Yang, recorded a video of herself with her mouth gagged and arms and legs bound while she struggled in front of a camera. She sent the video to her sons and other relatives on July 9, but was later found out to have staged the kidnapping on her own.
