China officials head to Sudan for kidnapping case

China sent officials to Sudan on Thursday to help find at least one missing Chinese worker from a group kidnapped from oil fields near the western region of Darfur, state media reported.

Officials from the Foreign Ministry, Commerce Ministry and the China National Petroleum Corporation will hold talks with the Sudanese government on efforts to rescue the remaining worker still missing, said the official Xinhua News Agency.

Nine workers were kidnapped Oct. 18, and there is conflicting information on what has happened with the rest. Four workers were killed, four others have been rescued and one is missing, Xinhua said.

Reports from Sudan have said …