Another Criminal PNP Officers, 3 Korean golfers also ‘tokhang-for-ransom’ victims

The ashes of kidnapped South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo (left) were reportedly
found at Gream Funeral Services, a crematorium owned by a former police officer

Three South Korean tourists who are golfers were a victim of hoodlum Philippine Policemen they robbed and extorted money from them and senior police officer said that they suspected larger racket targeting tourists from these wayward cops.

The announcement fueled fears of police abuse under the cover of President Duterte’s deadly war on crime, after authorities announced last week that policemen murdered a South Korean businessman then extorted money from his wife.

“They came to the Philippines just to play golf but they went through a traumatic experience,” said Chief Supt. Aaron Aquino, a regional police head.

He said the three South Koreans were staying at an upscale gated community in Angeles City, Pampanga province, when policemen barged into their house under the pretext of carrying out an illegal gambling raid last December 30, 2016.

They robbed the Koreans of their computers, jewelry, golf clubs, golf shoes and P10,000, according to Aquino. He said the three South Koreans were then held at a police station for about 8 hours until a friend paid P300,000 for their freedom.

The three victims reported the incident to the South Korean Embassy, which informed the Philippine National Police, Aquino said.

This led to an investigation that found seven policemen were involved, according to Aquino, who said the men faced dismissal from service.

However, he said the offending officers would not face criminal charges because that would require the South Koreans, who had left the country, to return to the Philippines.
“They don’t want to come back. They are terrified,” he said.

The crime happened in the same gated subdivision where policemen abducted a South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo last October. He was abducted in a fake antidrug operation he was strangled to death inside Camp Crame, the PNP national headquarters in Quezon City, but his wife, thinking he was alive, later paid about P5 million in ransom.

PNP Chief Dela Rosa identified the seven policemen as PO3s Arnold Nagayo, Gomerson Evangelista, and Roentjen Domingo; PO2s Richard King and Ruben Rodriguez; and PO1s Jayson Ibe and Mark Joseph Pineda, all assigned to Angeles City police station.

Female Casino manager Dies After Being Mauled by Boyfriend

Edgel Joy Durolfo, a 26-year-old resort and casino assistant manager at the Solaire Resort & Casino died while undergoing treatment after she was allegedly drugged and beaten up by her live-in partner Rodney Ynchausti and three companions last Sunday February 28 in Parañaque City. It happened inside Room 812 of the Solaire Sky Tower along Aseana Boulevard in Barangay Tambo, Parañaque City.

Ynchuasti and his companions who were identified only by their aliases Paul Egoc, Molo Hwang, and Beah Lim took Durolfo to the hotel clinic. They transferred her to San Juan de Dios Hospital in Pasay after she slipped into a coma and suffering internal bleeding due to multiple bruises in her face and body. She died while in the hospital.

"According to the police Durolfo's parents actually ran into Ynchausti at the hospital. He even apologized to them before going missing with the other suspects," ABS-CBN News report.

"Authorities have asked Solaire hotel for a copy of the closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage from the crime scene. They will also examine the victim's cellphone while waiting for the results of her autopsy test" the news report added.

Parañaque City police chief Supt. Ariel Andrade said they are now hunting down Ynchausti and his companions. Andrade revealed that the group most likely forced Durolfo to take an Ecstasy pill before they mauled her.

The suspects were identified by the police through the victim’s sister, Ethel Durolfo.

American Woman Robbed in Manila

MANILA, Philippines - American Ana Camuel Lightfoot, 34 was robbed in Manila on June 14, 2014 by a man who is claiming that he is a police officer stationed in Camp Crame. Ana and her husband, Damon were riding a van along Singalong street Manila at past 10:00 AM when a man wearing a police uniform signal them to stop.

The policeman told them that having a tinted van is a traffic violation and the policeman asked for money in the amount of P2,000. Ana told that policeman that they don't have that money, and they only have P400 with them. The policeman got mad but accepted the P400. He also got mad when he noticed that Ana was taking pictures of him using her cellphone. He even threatened to confiscate their license plate and cell phone. He fled with the money riding a motorcycle with plate number 1768-NM.

Source: Philstar