ROSALES, Pangasinan, Philippines – A 60-year-old Taiwanese national was stabbed dead inside his nipa hut with the use of a baton sword by his co-worker in Barangay Carmen East, this town.
Killed was Chou Kuang Lien, married, agriculture consultant at the Harvest Agri-Business Corp. of said town and a resident of Imus, Cavite. The suspect was identified by the police in a belated report reaching the provincial police headquarters as Ruel Palicpic, utility personnel of said corporation and a resident of Barangay Culang, Bolinao town this province.
Police investigation showed that on July 10 around 11:30 p.m., prior to the incident, Palicpic with other co-workers had a drinking spree and afterwards the suspect took the said baton sword from another co-worker and attacked the victim hitting him in the chest. – Eva Visperas