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Palace says Makati Chinese abduction an "isolated" case @ 2019-12-11T12: Back Hot News
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES (UPDATED) – THE CHINESE WOMAN WHO WAS FORCIBLY TAKEN BY A GROUP OF MEN LATE MONDAY NIGHT IN MAKATI CITY IS AN EMPLOYEE OF A PHILIPPINE OFFSHORE GAMING OPERATIONS FIRM, AND SO IS HER LIVE-IN PARTNER, THE MAKATI POLICE SAID TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10.
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE-ANTI- KIDNAPPING GROUP (PNP-AKG) ON TUESDAY CONFIRMED THE REPORTED KIDNAPPING OF A CHINESE WOMAN IN MAKATI CITY, AND ASSURED THE CONDUCT OF A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT, A VIDEO OF WHICH HAS GONE VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SEVERAL CHINESE MEN, ALL BELIEVED TO BE WORKING IN THE POGO SECTOR, WERE ARRESTED DURING SEPARATE STINGS WHILE HUNDREDS OF WOMEN, MOSTLY CHINESE, WERE RESCUED.
「WE RETRIEVED IDS AND DOCUMENTS. THE IDS BELONG TO CHINESE NATIONALS. WE FOUND DRIVER』S LICENSES AND POLICE IDS. THERE WERE ALSO DOCUMENT IN CHINESE. WE BELIEVE THAT THEY LEFT THESE WHILE THEY WERE ON A HURRY KIDNAPPING THE WOMAN,」 MAJOR GIDEON INES JR., MAKATI POLICE INVESTIGATION UNIT CHIEF, SAID EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
CHINA HAS ASKED THE PHILIPPINES TO BAN POGOS, WHICH PRIMARILY CATER TO CHINESE CLIENTS, SAYING GAMBLING IS ILLEGAL FOR CHINESE NATIONALS EVEN WHEN DONE ONLINE.
THE NUMBER OF KIDNAPPING CASES IN THE COUNTRY HAS BALLOONED TO AT LEAST 75 CASES IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WITH THE POLICE ATTRIBUTING THE SHARP INCREASE TO CASINO AND PHILIPPINE OFFSHORE GAMING OPERATOR (POGO)-RELATED ABDUCTIONS INVOLVING CHINESE VICTIMS AND KIDNAPPERS.
MEANWHILE, NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION POLICE OFFICE (NCRPO) DIRECTOR BRIGADIER GENERAL DEBOLD SINAS SAID HE SUSPECTED THAT THE INCIDENT WAS DEBT-RELATED JUST LIKE OTHER KIDNAPPING INCIDENTS INVOLVING CHINESE NATIONALS.
DUTERTE TURNED A BLIND EYE TO BEIJING』S OBJECTIONS WHEN CHINESE OFFSHORE GAMBLING FIRMS – OR POGOS – ROLLED INTO TOWN AND FLASHED THE CASH
WITHIN DAYS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT PROSECUTOR SAYING IT HAS NO JURISDICTION OVER THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING FOR “CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY” IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA, FOREIGN AFFAIRS SECRETARY TEODORO LOCSIN, JR. TWEETED THAT THE PHILIPPINES OFTEN STOOD UP TO CHINA.
A FEMALE SENIOR EXECUTIVE WHO LIVES IN A CONDO IN MAKATI』S CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD) RECOUNTS HER EXPERIENCE. 「I WOULD SAY MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF TENANTS ON OUR FLOOR ARE CHINESE,」 SHE SAYS. (EACH FLOOR ON THE CONDO HAS 16 UNITS.) 「THERE ARE SIGNS IN CHINESE ABOUT PROPER DECORUM POSTED ON THE ELEVATOR, BUT IN TWO RECENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS AMONG CONDO RESIDENTS, THERE WERE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CHINESE TENANTS』 BOORISH BEHAVIOR AND THE SMELL OF CIGARETTES IN THE HALLWAY.」
IN 2014, CHINA, THROUGH THE CHINESE PEOPLE』S ASSOCIATION FOR FRIENDSHIP WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES, RESPONDED BY APPEALING TO VARIOUS CHINESE COMPANIES, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTES TO PLEDGE THEIR COOPERATION TO HELP IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
WONG HAS A MEDICAL DEGREE IN OBSTETRICS ANDGYNECOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS, AND HOLDS CLINIC AT THE CHINESEGENERAL HOSPITAL. SHE FIRST DABBLED INTO THE ARTS IN LATE 2017 BY PAINTING ONPAPER. SOON AFTER, SHE CAME ACROSS FLUID ART AND TRIED HER LUCK AT THE 2018GSIS NATIONAL ART COMPETITION, WHERE SHE WON SECOND PLACE IN THENONREPRESENTATIONAL CATEGORY, BECOMING THE FIRST FEMALE ARTIST TO WIN A MAJORAWARD AT THE COMPETITION. SHE ALSO JOINED THE 2018 ROBINSONS LAND NATIONAL ARTCOMPETITION AND WON THE TOP PRIZE IN THE SAME DIVISION.

 

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