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MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) dismissed the claim of a business group saying there had been 56 kidnapping incidents in the country in the last 10 days. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo, in a press briefing in Camp Crame on Wednesday, said they only recorded 27 kidnapping cases in the country since January, which is only less than half of the figure claimed by the Philippine Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCCI). "For this year, they (AKG officials) recorded 27 and many of these cases are POGO (Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations)-related," Fajardo said. She added that the PCCCI has not shown any proof to support its claim. Of the total 27 cases, Fajardo said 11 have been already "solved", meaning the charges were already filed and the suspects were already arrested; four are considered "cleared" or charges were already filed but the suspects are still at-large; while the remaining 12 are still under investigation. Of the said
The spate of kidnappings in the country is mostly related to targets from Philippine offshore gaming operator firms, an anti-crime watchdog group said yesterday.
House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Nonoy Libanan is calling on the Philippine National Police (PNP) to act on the spate of alleged kidnap for ransom (KFR) incidents in Metro Manila before they become a bigger problem.
SPATE OF KFRs PCCCII officers led by President Lugene Ang
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Assistant Secretary Rommel Lopez (in red vest) received the 2nd batch of relief goods donated by the China