I FOUND the personal experience shared by one retired colonel interesting, as he relates it to my column Well-founded paranoia, published on October 22. He says he owns an apartment for rent in a barangay (village) in Pasay City, just a stone s throw away from the Philippine Air Force s (PAF) headquarters, Jesus Villamor Air Base, and from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3. One time, a number of Chinese, aided by female Filipino companions acting as their interpreters and negotiators, offered to rent his apartment and make a down payment.
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