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SunStar + April 03, 2021 “I belonged to a street family,” confessed Police Executive Master Sergeant Egmedio “Bill” Felisan Jr. By that, Master Sgt. Felisan means that his family was among Cebu City’s street dwellers. His father was a pier worker and a drunkard while his mother was an occasional vendor who played mahjong. He was mostly left to fend for himself, scrounging with other kids for leftover food in the carenderias around the port area. He would also be with the kids who dove for coins some ship passengers threw coins to the water for the children to get them, who pilfered things to resell if there was an opportunity to do so, and who ran away from policemen when they came. This was his life until 1981, when the city’s police force conducted “Operation Fishnet.” Felisan was caught among the many “sea urchins” they were rounding up. ....