Jollibee heist meant to embarrass gov’t?

A top police investigator revealed yesterday the robbery at a Jollibee branch in Pasig City last Sunday may have been staged to embarrass the Arroyo administration.

The source, who refused to be named, said the 10 heavily-armed men who robbed the Jollibee cashier and customers of P250,000 were not after the money, which would have been peanuts once divided equally.

He said targeting a restaurant patronized by the masses would greatly negate the gains of the Arroyo administration and its fight against criminality.

"There are other targets which a group that big could get millions, but they chose to hit a Jollibee branch. That is why were are looking into the possibility that the suspects were simply out to embarrass the police and the President," the veteran police investigator said. – Non Alquitran