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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
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January 22, 2018
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ILOILO City – A mother and son complained to the police they were hoodwinked – by what they were made to believe was a Japanese national – into buying what turned out to be a defective laptop.
This prompted the Iloilo City Police Office to warn Ilonggos to be wary not only of local swindlers or the so-called Budol-budol Gang but even “foreigners.”
“To avoid being victimized, do not enter into money deals with strangers. Don’t entertain them,” said Senior Superintendent Henry Biñas, city police director.
The swindling of the mother and her 15-year-old son took place at an eatery in Barangay Gustilo, La Paz district on Saturday.
A man who introduced himself as a Japanese tourist appeared distressed and lamented that a pickpocket stole his money while he was traveling to Iloilo City from Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan.
He said he was supposed to return to Manila for a trip back to Japan but did not have money anymore.
According to the mother and son, the man offered them his laptop for only P8,000 so he could buy plane tickets for Manila and Japan.
Perhaps out of compassion or blinded by the laptop’s very low price, the mother and son right away bought it from the man, said Biñas.
The man quickly left the eatery after getting the money. The mother and son, meanwhile, realized too late that the laptop they bought was defective.
They had it checked by a computer technician, said Biñas, and they were told the laptop’s defects were too severe to serve its purpose.
“I would like to inform the public about this new style of the Budol-budol Gang,” said Biñas.
For this week’s Dinagyang Festival, the city police has tightened the metro’s security but the police director appealed for the continued vigilance of people.
Some 5,000 security forces are being mobilized. Of these, 2,000 are policemen, according to Biñas.
The rest are members of the Philippine Army and force multipliers (some 1,000 students from various universities and barangay tanods, among others).
The police is also imposing a weeklong gun ban beginning Jan. 23. Except for law enforcers on duty and in uniform, no one will be allowed to carry firearms.
The city government requested the Philippine National Police to suspend PTCFORs or permits to carry firearms outside of residence from Jan. 23 to 29./PN
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