In international hostage situations, the victim's family or employer is told not to pay up.
Fri, 08 Jul 2016
In international hostage situations, the victim’s family or employer is told not to pay up – as seen last month when New Zealander Jamal Khan was kidnapped in Nigeria, where he was working for an Australian-owned mining company.
Prime Minister John Key said his government would not pay a ransom,
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