As I have written before this series was supposed to be primarily focused on the trials and tribulations of foreigners in the Philippines. Some who are victims of circumstance and others who are victims of their own sins. Let's meet a few.
Hi, my name is Christopher Clark and I am from Nigeria. Some acquaintances of mine pulled up in a car and when they stopped I tried to get in. But then they suddenly started shooting me. I turned to run but I tripped. That's when they blasted me to death right where I lay.
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| https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/848384/nigerian-national-shot-dead-in-pangasinan/story/ |
A Nigerian national was killed after he was several times by still unidentified assailants in the town of Calasiao in Pangasinan.
According to Claire Lacanilao’s report on GMA Regional TV “One North Central Luzon”, the victim - Christopher Clark - was shot several times by a group of car-riding suspects in Barangay Mancup. The victim died on the spot.
Recovered from the scene are seven empty cartridges of a caliber .45 firearm, a deformed bullet, and one live ammunition from a 9mm gun, the report said.
There is a CCTV recording of the incident, but the police opted not to publicize it while the investigation is ongoing.
(You can clearly see how the victim tried to enter the suspects’ car when they stopped but he was suddenly shot.)
(The assailant was seated in the backseat. The victim ran but he tripped. The driver alighted from the vehicle then proceeded to shot the victim several times. Another suspect, this time the one at the passenger seat, also shot the victim.)
Gonzales said the suspects may have been Clark’s acquaintances.
(We conducted a case conference here in Calasiao. We gathered all investigators in the 3rd district including Dagupan. We found the suspect has an outstanding case for murder and the Dagupan police are only waiting for an arrest warrant for his apprehension….it’s possible they have a conflict even before.)
Hi, my name is Lee Won Ho. Back in South Korea I was involved in a multi-million telecommunications fraud case. I am also a high-ranking member of the Minju Family, a big-time telecom fraud syndicate allegedly operating in Manila. The South Korean government indicted me for fraud and revoked my passport. Now I am on a blacklist and will enter be allowed to return to the Philippines whenever I get out of prison.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1185700 |
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Sunday announced the arrest of a South Korean fugitive wanted by authorities in Seoul for involvement in a multi-million telecommunications fraud case.
In a report to Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco, the BI’s fugitive search unit (FSU) identified the fugitive as 33-year-old Lee Won Ho, who was arrested last Sept. 21 at his residence in BF Tahanan Village, Parañaque City.The FSU operatives who arrested Lee were armed with a warrant of deportation issued pursuant to a summary deportation order that the bureau’s board of commissioners issued against the Korean in four years ago.Tansingco said Lee will be deported immediately and that the latter was already placed in the immigration blacklist to prevent him from re-entering the country.“He is an undesirable alien whose presence here poses a serious risk to public interest,” Tansingco said. “Thus, he should be perpetually barred from entering the Philippines.”BI-FSU acting chief Rendell Ryan Sy said the Korean was issued an arrest warrant by the Incheon district court in Seoul, Korea where he was indicted for Fraud and that the latter’s passport was already revoked.Lee was tagged as a high-ranking member of the so-called Minju Family, a big-time telecom fraud syndicate allegedly operating in Manila.Sy said the syndicate is suspected of having defrauded over USD21 million from their Korean victims based overseas.
Hi, my name is Orv Mader. I am a retired teacher from Canada. An 11-year old boy told his father that I molested him and that is how I got arrested. In 2004 I was arrested by Cambodian police for molesting two boys but the charges were dropped. At the time I was a teacher in Japan but was vacationing in Cambodia where I allowed about 20 homeless boys to live with me. We engaged in sex play but never had sex. It was gentle and normal and they initiated it.
The Thailand government put our a warrant of arrest for me in 2007 for allegedly molesting three boys. I was able to get away and fly back to Vancouver where I was arrested upon arrival.
(This man's story is all messed up. In January 2015 he flew back to Vancouver but was arrested upon arrival because he was wanted for sex crimes in Thailand. It's not clear if these are different charges or the same charges from 2007. I think they are the same charges but the date on the article is 2015 which makes no sense. In October 2015 he was arrested in Manila for human trafficking after he was caught with a half-naked young boy in his room. How was he allowed back into the Philippines?)
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1677192/canadian-man-nabbed-for-allegedly-molesting-boy-in-laguna |
A Canadian man was arrested by the police for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old boy in Biñan, Laguna.
A report by the Philippine National Police (PNP) said the victim was accompanied by his father in filing a complaint for sexual abuse against Orv Mader, 65, a retired teacher.
The PNP said the boy revealed the alleged molestation during a confrontation between the suspect and the victim’s family at the barangay (village) hall.
“Thus, upon knowing the incident the father of the victim sought assistance from the barangay tanod (watchmen) which eventually effected the arrest of the suspect after [being] positively identified and pinpointed by the victim,” the spot report stated.
Mader is now facing complaints for violating Republic Act 7610 or the “Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act.”
Hi, my name is Mohamed Rifard Mohamed Siddeek. I am from Sri Lanka but I was living in the Philippines as a trader. My trade was the money lending business. One afternoon after I parked my car and exited a man ran up to me and fired a gun at me several times killing me. It happened so fast but I think it might have been someone who owed me money.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1183271 |
An unidentified gunman shot dead a Sri Lankan businessman along a busy street here Thursday afternoon, police said.Capt. Kenneth Rosales, Cotabato City police station 1 commander, identified the victim Mohamed Rifard Mohamed Siddeek, 46, of Barangay Semba, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.Col. Querubin Manalang Jr., Cotabato City police chief, said a manhunt operation is ongoing as of posting.Rosales said Siddeek just got off from his white minivan on Don Rufino Alonzo Avenue in Barangay Poblacion Mother when a man approached him and opened fire.The gunman quickly fled on board a motorcycle driven by an accomplice.Police found empty shells for cal.45 pistol at the scene.The victim is believed to be engaged in money lending business.
Hi, our names are not important. We are eight Chinese nationals who are involved in illegal recruitment, kidnapping, and gunrunning operations within Metro Manila. The CIDG finally caught up with us and now we will be facing prison time if they don't mess up the chain of custody of evidence or otherwise mess up the case.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1182723 |
Authorities arrested eight Chinese nationals involved in the illegal sale of firearms and kidnapping in Pasay City, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said on Thursday.
In a statement, Azurin said five Chinese nationals were arrested in an entrapment operation by members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) at around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in a townhouse unit at the corner of 250 F. Sanchez St. and P. Villanueva St., Pasay City.
During the operation, three more Chinese nationals were also arrested after they tried to prevent the arrest of their compatriots by blocking their car in the driveway and locking the door of the townhouse unit.
Recovered from the townhouse unit were a Colt Defense 5.56mm M4 Carbine mounted with sniper scope and silencer; one Glock 19 9mm pistol; a caliber .45 pistol, various magazine assemblies, several live rounds of assorted ammunition, taser, handcuffs, laptops, mobile phones, assorted ID cards; blank cards and assorted Chinese ATM cards.
According to the CIDG report, the arrested suspects were allegedly involved in illegal recruitment, kidnapping, and gunrunning operations within Metro Manila.
Hi, my name is Scott Robert Franzen. I was out for a drive when I ran into a tricycle on the National Highway. What was a tricycle doing on a national highway? Beats me. At first I got out of the car to see what happened and then I sped off. That did not stop the cops from finding me.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1656497/american-in-hit-and-run-incident-arrested-in-biliran |
An American who is facing charges of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide was arrested by police officers on Tuesday, Aug. 30, in Almeria town, Biliran.
Scott Robert Franzen, 61, was the subject of an arrest warrant issued by Judge Luz Navarrete of the Regional Trial Court Branch 16 in Naval, Biliran.
Bail was set at P60,000, said Lt. Edwin Simbajon, chief of the Almeria Municipal Police Station.
The charges against the accused stemmed from a vehicular incident on the National Highway in Barangay Antipolo in Naval, Biliran on Aug. 18, 2021.
The incident resulted in the death of Ceferino Mangaporo who was driving a tricycle that was hit by a car driven by Franzen.
Mangaporo was declared dead on arrival by the attending physician at the Biliran Provincial Hospital.
A witness told police that the accused first came out of his car but eventually fled.
Hi, our names are Adraman Issa Mariam and Halime Abba Souleymane. We are both from Chad in central Africa. We tried to fool the BI by posing as Canadians and using Canadian passports. We are not sure what gave us away as not being Candians but they examined our documents and found a lot of inconsistencies. Now we are on the blacklist and will never be allowed back to the Philippines.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1185356 |
A man and a woman from Africa who attempted to enter the country by posing as Canadian citizens were intercepted recently by immigration authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
In a statement Wednesday, BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the passengers arrived at the NAIA Terminal 3 on Sept. 25 from Dubai aboard an Emirates flight.
In a report to Tansingco, BI port operations chief Carlos Capulong identified the couple as Adraman Issa Mariam and Halime Abba Souleymane, both from Chad in central Africa.
He said the couple presented counterfeit Canadian passports to the immigration officers who immediately suspected the authenticity of the travel documents due to many inconsistencies.
“Apparently, they attempted to conceal their true nationality in the belief that they would be allowed entry into the country without being subjected to strict inspection by our officers. They are wrong to assume that such documents can pass as legitimate,” Capulong said.
Tansingco ordered the inclusion of the suspects on the immigration blacklist to prevent them from entering the Philippines.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1186418 |
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Tuesday reported the arrest of two American fugitives wanted by US federal authorities for serious crimes in separate operations in Metro Manila and Rizal province.
Commissioner Norman Tansingco, in a statement, said Teresita Kindle, 57, and Virgilio Carigma Cruz, 67, were arrested on Sept. 27 and Oct. 6, respectively, by the bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit (FSU).
Kindle was apprehended at a condominium unit in Little Baguio, San Juan City while Cruz was arrested at his residence in Barangay San Pedro in Morong town, Rizal province.
The BI chief ordered the duo's arrest at the request of the US authorities who sought their help in locating and deporting the fugitives.
“They will be deported and placed in our bureau’s blacklist of undesirable aliens, thus they are perpetually banned from re-entering the Philippines,” he said in a statement.
Tansingco added that these foreigners are already undocumented aliens as their passports were either revoked by the State Department or have already expired.
Rendell Ryan Sy, BI-FSU acting chief, said Kindle was charged with multiple counts of wire fraud and money laundering before the US district court in Florida which issued a warrant for her arrest.
She was arrested on the strength of a deportation warrant that Tansingco signed pursuant to a deportation order that the BI board of commissioners issued against her last month.
Meanwhile, Cruz has an arrest warrant issued by the superior court of New Jersey in February 2018 after he was indicted on illegal drug charges.
Both are currently detained at the BI warden facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City while awaiting deportation.
Hi, my name is Deshon Dixon. I am from Chicago, Illinois. I retired to the Philippines and moved to Cebu on March 14th, 2021. My time was spent writing a book series called Superhero Academy which is about superhuman beings appearing on Earth called Augments. I was enjoying my semi-retired life in the Philippines writing books and enjoying the paradise-like weather when suddenly it was all taken from me. The last time anybody saw me was October 15th as I was waiting for my food to be delivered. Two days later there was a foul smell in the air but the house boy ignored it. When the landlady woke up on the 19th the smell was so bad she could not ignore it so she called the police.
The found my rotting corpse and said I had a cut in the nape of my neck. They think the cause of my death was a slip and fall. But what caused the cut on my neck?
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| https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1943862/cebu/local-news/american-found-dead-inside-rented-room-in-kamputhaw |
A FOREIGN national was found dead inside his rented room in Sitio Kalamboan, Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City on Wednesday morning, October 19, 2022.
Master Sergeant Alexander Terado of the Abellana Police Station identified the victim as Deshon Dixon, an American.
He said they received a call about a dead body, but they only found out that it belonged to a foreigner when police and members of the Scene of the Crime Operation arrived at the scene.
Terado said Dixon had a cut in the nape of his neck.
He said the victim must have slipped and fallen, which could have caused his death.
Felvita Agravante, the landlady, said they last saw Dixon on Saturday, October 15. He was waiting for his food to be delivered, she said.
She said their houseboy noticed a foul smell while sweeping the premises on Monday, October 17, but he ignored it.
When she woke up on Wednesday, the stench had gotten so bad, prompting her to call the police.
Agravante said Dixon worked as a writer and he moved in last April.
Hi, my name is Stephen Joseph Szuhar. I am 75 year old American man. Why would the authorities ever expect an old man like me to be smuggling drugs? But maybe it's because it's unexpected that they examined my suit case and found 3.7 kilograms of cocaine. I can only hope that, given my age, they will quickly deport me because there is no way I will survive a Philippine prison especially at my age.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1184790 |
A 75-year-old American man was arrested for allegedly trying to slip in illegal drugs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Wednesday.
Based on its initial report, the agency said the suspect Stephen Joseph Szuhar, a retired casino manager, yielded around 3.7 kg. of white powdery substance suspected to be cocaine worth PHP19.6 million in an interdiction operation conducted by the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (IADITG) on Tuesday night.
Szuhar arrived at the Customs International Arrival Area in NAIA Terminal 3 at around 8 p.m. via Qatar Airways Flight QR 932 from Doha, Qatar.
After screening and conduct of inspection, the cocaine was found in his luggage.
Also seized from the suspect were one black luggage containing assorted clothes, several pieces of carbon paper, and three pieces of improvised pouches made of packaging tape each containing a white powdering substance.
The seized pieces of evidence are submitted to the PDEA Laboratory Service for qualitative and quantitative examination.
The suspect will face charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 otherwise known as "The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002".
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