(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-02-21 09:18

A man surnamed Zhao has been sentenced to serve a 10-year-jail term after teaming up with another man to kidnap and rob his own father, in Guangzhou's Huadu district.

Zhao, 24, broke into the accounts department of the singing and dancing hall his father worked at and took 147,000 yuan ($20,400), HK$3,000 ($1,666), plus a 15,000-yuan gold ring and a 14,000-yuan watch, after kidnapping his father in August.

Zhao's father was in charge of the financial department of the dance hall, run by Zhao's sister-in-law.

Police detained Zhao two days later. His accomplice surnamed He was sentenced to nine years in prison.