Complaint filed vs. 4 over kidnapping of three foreigners
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the PNP-Anti-Kidnapping Group (PNP-AKG) have filed a complaint against four individuals over the kidnapping of three foreign nationals in Batangas.
According to the NBI, the two Chinese and one Korean were kidnapped while they were en route to their fishing trip in Nasugbu on May 2.
They were abducted by the group who were posing as police officers at a made-up checkpoint near the Kaybiang Tunnel, near the Cavite-Batangas boundary.
The NBI said that intelligence operations later led to the surrender of one of the subjects on May 26 at the NBI in Pasay City.
He executed a sworn extrajudicial confession and admitted that he participated in the surveillance, coordinating, and logistical planning of the abduction.
The subject also identified the alleged mastermind behind the scheme and a certain 'master' as the one responsible for recruiting assets for the kidnapping.
The alleged mastermind later provided his own sworn statement, where he affirmed the facts provided by the surenderee.
'[He] recounted being promised financial compensation in exchange for his cooperation in planting a GPS tracking device and monitoring the movements of his employer, one of the eventual victims, under the guise of assisting a law enforcement operation,' the NBI said.
'He also confirmed the involvement of 'Master,' who coordinated with the individuals who posed as law enforcement personnel to carry out the abduction,' he added. —AOL, GMA Integrated News
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