One of the seven victims who were earlier kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf terrorists is now free.Colonel Gerry Besana, public affairs officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command, confirmed the release of businesswoman Helen Roda who was kidnapped together with her husband Rufo in August in Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte.Police reported […]
After 13 years, kidnap victim Michael Armas finally found justice on Oct. 3 after a Cavite court convicted kidnapper Virgilio Cupino guilty beyond reasonable doubt, according to social news network Rappler. Cupino was sentenced to reclusion perpetua, or 20-40 years’ imprisonment, by Cavite Regional Trial Court Branch 18 Acting Presiding Judge Jaime B. Santiago. He […]
Kidnap victim Huang Bo Yu, 30, has been rescued, the P2.5 million ransom paid recovered. But the most unsettling aspect to this crime was that the alleged mastermind of the abduction is already in a maximum security prison. The four suspects arrested – Ronald Piloton, Joseph Hibek, Michael Austria and Jowie Talagsad – said they […]
Japanese rescued, 3 face kidnap raps Japanese national Yuji Nakajima, of Tokyo, was rescued from his kidnappers in Plaridel, Bulacan on April 5. Suspects Miyashita Takashi, of Tokyo, and Filipino cohorts –siblings Roberto and Reggie Reyes, both of Pasig City – were nabbed. The victim, traveling with business partner Yusuke Obara, was kidnapped on arrival from Japan […]
After more than 10 years, kidnap victim Tariq Mian can breathe more easily after his kidnappers were meted life imprisonment by the Makati court. Judge Elmo Alameda, of Makati RTC Branch 150, found former Senior Inspector Eleazar Seiton, former Sergeant Luminog Guiapal, former Corporal Jumel Cañazares, Jonathan Melgo, Ahmad Guiamad and Beltran Tompeta guilty of […]
Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits abducted six civilians, including two children, in Patikul, Sulu on Nov. 14. Meanwhile, a Vietnamese hostage died in captivity while three other Vietnamese nationals were rescued on Nov. 10 in Tawi-Tawi, according to the military’s Western Mindanao Command. Kidnapped were Jessy, 55; Nene, 56; Aloh, 22, all surnamed Trinidad, and Lucy, […]
The Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Group said three more Chinese were reportedly kidnapped after failing to pay their debts to loan sharks in casinos. Supt. Glicerio Cansilao, chief of the AKG investigation unit, said the cases were reported by anti-crime watchdog Movement for Restorationn of Peace and Order. Teresita Ang See, founding chairperson of MRPO, […]
A Chinese and two Korean men kidnapped in Manila were rescued from a safehouse in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Guiguinto, Bulacan on Oct. 16. Chinese national Liu Xia and Korean nationals Park Pan-ho and Yeum Sun-ki were kidnapped on separate occasions, when they failed to pay back gambling debts. Senior Superintendent Glenn Dumlao, head of the […]
Police rescued a Malaysian from three alleged Chinese kidnappers during a operation in Barangay Makiling on Sept. 30. Jackie Ong, 36, a communications company finance officer, was allegedly seized in front of the Forbes Tower Condominium Corp. on Valero Street, Makati by three suspects: Su Sheng Fu, 27; Yu Guang Dong, 33, and Chen Wen, […]
Alleged members of a loan shark syndicate were cleared of charges for the kidnapping and serious illegal detention of Singaporean national Wu Yan, 48. Of the 44 foreign nationals– Chinese and Malaysians – charged, 30 were cleared when the Department of Justice ruled on July 20 that there was no probable cause against them. They […]