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Philippine police extort laptops from tourist
Topic Started: Feb 8 2011, 10:50 PM (967 Views)
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MANILA—Five Philippine policemen forced a German tourist to buy them laptop computers by threatening him with false drug and terrorism charges, a police chief said Tuesday.

The incident, which took place in Manila's upscale financial district of Makati, is the latest embarrassment for the country's police force.

Makati police chief Senior Superintendent Froilan Bonifacio expressed outrage and said the accused policemen may have carried out similar extortion scams in the past.

"I'm not just shocked. I'm angry, for God's sake. Maybe they have been doing this thing for years," Bonifacio told AFP.

The five policemen approached the German tourist at a Makati shopping mall on January 29 and initially accused him of buying counterfeit goods. When he denied this, they accused him of illegal drug possession, Bonifacio said.

When this failed to scare him, the policemen threatened to arrest the German for supporting "terrorism." To prove his innocence, the policemen said he must buy laptops for their station, said the police chief.

The policemen took the German man to a luxurious mall where he was forced to buy six laptop computers with his credit card, according to Bonifacio.

After the purchase, the policemen set the tourist free but warned him not to tell anyone of the incident.

However, a German embassy spokesman said the tourist reported the matter to consular officials, who informed Makati police commanders.

The suspect policemen have had their weapons taken away and could be sacked as well as be hit with criminal charges, Bonifacio said.

The German embassy gave no other details about the case, but praised police commanders for taking action against the five.

"The embassy is very satisfied with the reaction of the national police command. It shows that they are determined to go after these people who abuse their position," embassy deputy head of mission Ralph Timmermann said.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/...ps-from-tourist
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Na naman..

Malamang mga PO1 pa ang mga ungas na yan, gusto magkaroon ng sariling laptop pang Facebook. :headbang:
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ganito nalang ba talaga? :headbang:
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The laptops should be confiscated. The scalawags cannot deny it because there are copies of the sales receipt from the store where they bought the laptops. The PNP should refund the tourist's money immediately. The receipt with the goods description and other details is enough to dismiss the erring cops without prejudice to the criminal case. There is no such thing as speedy trial in the Philippines, however, visitors/tourists in some special circumstances should be afforded priority. This can be done by speeding up the filing of the case in court and the complainant be immediately required to testify so that coming back to the country just to do so is no longer needed as it is too much of a burden and the same should happen to witnesses who are also tourists or frequent flyer businessmen.

Put those scalawags behind bars. :headbang:
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