Philippine police rescue Chinese student whose finger was cut off by kidnappers

Jonvic Remulla held a press conference on the matter (RTVM via AP)

Philippine police have safely recovered a Chinese schoolboy who was kidnapped by a gang who killed his driver and cut off his finger in a bid to force his parents to pay a huge ransom, officials said.

Interior secretary Jonvic Remulla said the parents rejected the ransom demand but the Chinese-led kidnappers, who included former Filipino police officers and soldiers, abandoned the 14-year-old in the middle of a busy street in metropolitan Manila when police closed in on their vehicle.