Major Menor, while patrolling Bago-Bago community in a police car with SP03 Caloy Itliong, blew his whistle to stop a Nissan Sentra car which wrongly entered a one-way street. After demanding from Linda Lo Hua, the driver, her driver's license, Menor asked her to follow them to the police precinct. Upon arriving there, he gave instructions to Itliong to guard Lo Hua in one of the rooms and not to let her out of sight until he returns; then got the car key from Lo Hua. In the meantime, the latter was not allowed to make any phone calls but was given food and access to a bathroom.

When Menor showed up after two days, he brought Lo Hua to a private house and told her that he would only release her and return the car if she made arrangements for the delivery of P500,000.00 in a doctor's bag at a certain place within the next twenty-four hours. When Menor went to the designated spot to pick up the bag of money, he suddenly found himself surrounded by several armed civilians who introduced themselves as NBI agents. What criminal offense has Menor committed? Explain. (1992 BAR)