Chinese killed in Ilocos ambush

CAMP FLORENDO, La Union, Philippines – A Chinese man from Hong Kong was killed while his driver was seriously wounded in an ambush by motorcycle-riding gunmen in San Esteban, Ilocos Sur before dawn last Monday, police said.

Reports identified the victim as Wu Ye, who arrived in the country last May 22, and his injured driver as Carlos Uy, 49, a Pasay City resident.

Senior Superintendent Noel Amoyen, Ilocos Sur police director, said probers were still investigating the motive behind the ambuscade.