Abducted ‘Japino’ released by bungling kidnappers
November 11, 2002 | 12:00am
Sheer stupidity led to their downfall.
Three men who kidnapped a 13-year-old Filipino-Japanese boy in Muntinlupa City Saturday morning were arrested after they offered to release their victim in exchange for the clutch bag they left inside his house, police said yesterday.
A report from the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Camp Crame identified the suspects as Filemon Flora, 50, of Phase 8, Green Park Extension, Cainta, Rizal; Jesus Amorante, 40, of E. Rodriguez Avenue, Manggahan, Pasig; and Ramon Doratan, 40, businessman, of Bentildez St., Binondo, Manila.
Unconfirmed reports indicated that two of the suspects claimed to be members of the Philippine Air Force (PAF). It was not clear if they have already been dismissed or are still in active duty. Authorities are still in pursuit of the suspects’ three other accomplices.
The report identified the victim as Christopher Jojie Berog, of Sto. Niño Village, Barangay Tunasan, Muntinlupa.
City police chief Senior Superintendent Erasto Lim Sanchez said that in their haste, the suspects and their cohorts left a black clutch bag and several other items, including a map of the subdivision, inside Berog’s house.
Sanchez said that six unidentified men arrived at the victim’s grandfather’s house in Sto. Niño Village at around 9:45 a.m., pretending to be telephone service repairmen. They were on board a cream Toyota Revo (ULC 215). When the victim’s relatives refused to let them inside the house, the men claimed to be members of the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), and that they were looking for lost firearms.
Four of the men then forcibly entered the house, drawing out short firearms and threatening the victim’s relatives as they dragged him out of the house. The suspects also took the family’s Kia Pride car (TVE 592).
Sanchez said he was at the victim’s house to begin planning the rescue operation when Bergo’s grandfather received a phone call from one of the suspects.
"The suspects told the victim’s grandfather that they want to trade the clutch bag in exchange for the safe release of the boy," Sanchez said in a phone interview. The suspects also threatened to kill Bergo, the son of a Filipina and a Japanese businessman, if the grandfather would fail to comply with their demand.
The suspects’ desperation to retrieve their clutch bag gave Sanchez and his team the chance to entrap the suspects. Sanchez said that they instructed the boy’s grandfather to meet the three men at a gasoline station in front of the Sto. Niño Village at around 1:30 p.m. The suspects arrived on board a Toyota Revo (WPF 683) and one of the suspects alighted and met the victim’s grandfather. Meanwhile, Sanchez and his team wer already positioned in strategic locations, preparing for the arrest.
Sanchez said that one of the suspects alighted and met the grandfather. As soon as he opened and inspected the clutch bag, the suspect gave the signal for the boy to be released. Sanchez said the police waited for Berog to walk a considerable distance before they effected the arrest, should there be a shootout. But Sanchez said that the suspects did not put up a fight when the police arrested them. Sanchez said he believed that the suspects had accomplices who acted as lookouts during the boy’s release but chose to flee instead of fighting it out.
Sanchez said that Berog’s kidnapping was apparently well-planned. Police discovered a map sketch of the subdivision that indicated where the village’s security guards were stationed and a plan for an escape route.
Sanchez said the group conducted a two-day surveillance on the victim and the house before they carried out their plan.
Despite being stupid to leave their belongings inside their victim’s house, Sanchez said he could not describe the suspects as "amateurs." "We think they belong to a syndicate that even has a financier," Sanchez said.
The skteches were discovered inside the clutch bag as well as the suspects’ identification cards. Aside from these items, police also recovered inside the Toyota Revo two units of two-way radios, a masking tape, a bread knife, two shirts, pair of green denim pants, and a radio charger.
Charges of kidnapping, serious illegal detention, and three counts of grave threats were filed against the suspects who are now detained at the Muntinlupa City jail, Sanchez said.
Three men who kidnapped a 13-year-old Filipino-Japanese boy in Muntinlupa City Saturday morning were arrested after they offered to release their victim in exchange for the clutch bag they left inside his house, police said yesterday.
A report from the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Camp Crame identified the suspects as Filemon Flora, 50, of Phase 8, Green Park Extension, Cainta, Rizal; Jesus Amorante, 40, of E. Rodriguez Avenue, Manggahan, Pasig; and Ramon Doratan, 40, businessman, of Bentildez St., Binondo, Manila.
Unconfirmed reports indicated that two of the suspects claimed to be members of the Philippine Air Force (PAF). It was not clear if they have already been dismissed or are still in active duty. Authorities are still in pursuit of the suspects’ three other accomplices.
The report identified the victim as Christopher Jojie Berog, of Sto. Niño Village, Barangay Tunasan, Muntinlupa.
City police chief Senior Superintendent Erasto Lim Sanchez said that in their haste, the suspects and their cohorts left a black clutch bag and several other items, including a map of the subdivision, inside Berog’s house.
Sanchez said that six unidentified men arrived at the victim’s grandfather’s house in Sto. Niño Village at around 9:45 a.m., pretending to be telephone service repairmen. They were on board a cream Toyota Revo (ULC 215). When the victim’s relatives refused to let them inside the house, the men claimed to be members of the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), and that they were looking for lost firearms.
Four of the men then forcibly entered the house, drawing out short firearms and threatening the victim’s relatives as they dragged him out of the house. The suspects also took the family’s Kia Pride car (TVE 592).
Sanchez said he was at the victim’s house to begin planning the rescue operation when Bergo’s grandfather received a phone call from one of the suspects.
"The suspects told the victim’s grandfather that they want to trade the clutch bag in exchange for the safe release of the boy," Sanchez said in a phone interview. The suspects also threatened to kill Bergo, the son of a Filipina and a Japanese businessman, if the grandfather would fail to comply with their demand.
The suspects’ desperation to retrieve their clutch bag gave Sanchez and his team the chance to entrap the suspects. Sanchez said that they instructed the boy’s grandfather to meet the three men at a gasoline station in front of the Sto. Niño Village at around 1:30 p.m. The suspects arrived on board a Toyota Revo (WPF 683) and one of the suspects alighted and met the victim’s grandfather. Meanwhile, Sanchez and his team wer already positioned in strategic locations, preparing for the arrest.
Sanchez said that one of the suspects alighted and met the grandfather. As soon as he opened and inspected the clutch bag, the suspect gave the signal for the boy to be released. Sanchez said the police waited for Berog to walk a considerable distance before they effected the arrest, should there be a shootout. But Sanchez said that the suspects did not put up a fight when the police arrested them. Sanchez said he believed that the suspects had accomplices who acted as lookouts during the boy’s release but chose to flee instead of fighting it out.
Sanchez said that Berog’s kidnapping was apparently well-planned. Police discovered a map sketch of the subdivision that indicated where the village’s security guards were stationed and a plan for an escape route.
Sanchez said the group conducted a two-day surveillance on the victim and the house before they carried out their plan.
Despite being stupid to leave their belongings inside their victim’s house, Sanchez said he could not describe the suspects as "amateurs." "We think they belong to a syndicate that even has a financier," Sanchez said.
The skteches were discovered inside the clutch bag as well as the suspects’ identification cards. Aside from these items, police also recovered inside the Toyota Revo two units of two-way radios, a masking tape, a bread knife, two shirts, pair of green denim pants, and a radio charger.
Charges of kidnapping, serious illegal detention, and three counts of grave threats were filed against the suspects who are now detained at the Muntinlupa City jail, Sanchez said.
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