What happened to Hong Kong tourists in the Philippines?

What happened to Hong Kong tourists in the Philippines? A Hong Kong tour group was robbed at gunpoint by a former Philippine policeman.

The gunman himself was a policeman and was elected the best policeman in the Philippines, but later he was involved in a blackmail case and was dismissed. He claimed that he had been wronged, but failed to rehabilitate himself, so he held a tourist bus with a gun and wanted to take his Philippines hostage to get him reinstated! !

However, the Philippine government did not agree to his request and arrested the gunman's brother. Without rescuing the hostages, the police acted improperly, refused the gunman's request, drove the gunman to the point of madness, pushed China compatriots to the brink of death, and finally ended up with heavy casualties.

Why are Hong Kong tourists hijacked in the Philippines? Personally, it is a coincidence that Mendoza (the gunman) took Hong Kong tourists hostage. Of course, the eight tourists who died were all unfortunate.

Why are Hong Kong tourists hijacked in the Philippines? Still asking such a question? If you believe in international conspiracy theories, your imagination is too continental.

What everyone cares about now is how to write their report and how much compensation to pay. In addition, let's see when Jackie Chan will return to Hong Kong after singing K in Beijing and having an affair.

Comments on the hijacking of Philippine and Hong Kong tourists in foreign countries, people can't just rely on others, they must rely on themselves. If all the people in the car suddenly attacked before the gangsters killed people, it is estimated that so many people would not die. They will have to wait until someone shoots you in the head before they know they are dying. Sad!

Also, are there no snipers in the Philippines? The gangster stood at the door of the car. Why didn't anyone shoot him? At first glance, I knew that the Philippine side was intentional, and it severely condemned the Philippine side on the Internet. It was China who gave them more smiling faces and started drying their faces. I think the Philippine side is the G leg of M country, but it doesn't show any characteristics.

Regarding the incident of Hong Kong tourists in the Philippines, because it is somebody else's territory, the police or soldiers have to go through a lot of examination and approval to handle the case, so they can't pass it directly. Obviously, the Philippines will not let others intervene in this incident. At that time, the Philippine president didn't even answer the phone. If the Philippines really invites Hong Kong people, it is estimated that it will take less than four hours.

TVB, a Hong Kong tourist from China, was hijacked in the Philippines around 7: 0010. The entire rescue operation of the Philippine police made many people who saw the news feel that the rescue was improper and indirectly caused serious casualties. They lost confidence in the security of this country. At least 80% of them will not travel to the Philippines 1 year, and some may not go in the future, and even products made in the Philippines will not be purchased. ...

Hong Kong tourists were hijacked in the Philippines and eight people were killed. On the morning of 23rd, a former Philippine policeman who was dismissed on suspicion of extortion held an M 16 rifle in the capital Manila and hijacked a tourist bus carrying 22 Hong Kong tourists and 3 Filipinos. After more than ten hours of negotiation and confrontation with the police, the carjacker was killed. By the evening of 23rd, eight Hong Kong tourists had been killed and two others were seriously injured.

Hijacking, boarding a car with a gun in the name of hitchhiking

Rolando mendoza, a 55-year-old former Philippine policeman, hijacked the bus.

On the morning of 23rd, when the bus of Hongtai Tourism left King's Town, Spain, a scenic spot in Manila, Mendoza, wearing a police uniform and carrying an M 16 rifle, got on the bus by hitchhiking. When the coach drove to Jose Risal Park near Manila Bay, Mendoza announced that he would hijack the coach and let the driver drive it to the Quirino stand. The car guide hid in the back seat and called the travel agency to report the hijacking.

In an interview with the Hong Kong media, the general manager of the travel agency said that there were 22 Hong Kong people, including 3 children, on the hijacked tour bus. They left Hong Kong for Manila on 20th and plan to return to Hong Kong on 23rd.

After Mendoza hijacked the coach, he made a condition and asked the police to reinstate him and compensate for the losses. In 2008, Mendoza was dismissed on charges of extortion.

Mendoza also wrote his request on paper many times and stuck it on the window glass and windshield of the hijacked bus.

He stuck a note on the windshield, which said "Cancel the final decision". Another note posted on the car door read: "Correct the wrong decision with mistakes."

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Mendoza posted a note on the glass of the bus, which read: "Something big will happen at 3 o'clock in the afternoon."

At 3: 30 pm, Mendoza posted a note on the coach's glass, which read "Now, let the media come".

The negotiator's request for reinstatement was rejected.

The reporter learned from the Philippine media that after the hijacking incident, the Philippine police immediately sent negotiators who had received professional training in the United States to negotiate with the hijackers. Manila has set up a crisis management committee headed by the city's deputy mayor.

Manila police spokesman Magareo has said that the police believe Mendoza will surrender before 3 pm. However, the negotiations between the police and Mendoza lasted for one day until night fell.

But a few hours after the carjacking, the robbers released two female tourists, three children, a diabetic and three Filipinos, including a tour guide and a cameraman.

The curtains on the tour bus were pulled up, and the negotiators talked to Mendoza through the window near the driver's seat. In addition, the police also talked to Mendoza through the mobile phone of the coach driver. Mendoza said that if his request for reinstatement is not met, he will take action. He also asked the police to tell the media not to ruin his image in the program. In order to persuade Mendoza to release the hostages, the police also specially pulled a telephone line to the tour bus.

Manila police spokesman Magareo said that Mendoza has been cooperating with police negotiators and his attitude is "polite". At the same time, however, about 20 members of the armed special forces were deployed at the scene to prepare for rescue operations.

During the negotiation, the police provided food for the hostages and gasoline for the bus to ensure that the air conditioner of the bus could continue to operate.

Mendoza's two brothers and his wife came to the scene. Mendoza's younger brother gregorio is also a policeman. Grigorio tried to approach the coach with a pistol in his hand, but was detained and disarmed by the police. Gregorio said that he wanted to help his brother and act as his spokesman. Grigorio said that Mendoza felt "unfairly treated" after being fired.

Here, an anti-corruption official called Mendoza and promised to reconsider his case. But in the late afternoon, the anti-corruption department rejected Mendoza's request for reinstatement. Philippine media reported that the anti-corruption department sealed the decision in an envelope in writing and handed it over to Mendoza by negotiators.

The furious driver shouted "Everyone is dead"

At 6 pm, Mendoza received a letter from the anti-corruption department, rejecting his request for reinstatement. He immediately fired a gun in the car to express his dissatisfaction. Since then, things have gone from bad to worse.

At 8 o'clock, the police began to act, and police raiders surrounded the hijacked bus. According to media reports, Mendoza became nervous at that time, and he threatened to take "more drastic action" if the police continued to approach. Commandos once smashed the window and windshield of the bus and tried to enter the bus from the front, but there was gunfire inside. The police immediately retreated and temporarily stopped their operations.

Mendoza called the police and said, "I killed two tourists. If you don't stop, I will kill them. " He also said: "I saw many special forces approaching, and I knew they would kill me. They must leave, or I will kill the hostages at any time. "

About 10 minutes later, the bus driver who had been handcuffed to the steering wheel suddenly jumped out of the window and fled. He shouted, "Everyone is dead!" "At this time, in order to prevent Mendoza from driving away the bus, the police also shot the tires of the bus.

1 hour later, police commandos tried to enter the bus from the back door, but gunshots came from the car again.

After a short pause, the police stormed again, and Mendoza was forced to the front of the bus, and the sniper killed him. Yabut, a senior Philippine police official, said that Mendoza was first shot and wounded by a sniper, and then the sniper shot him in the head and killed him. Soon after, six tourists were rescued from the car.

China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu said on 23rd that among the 15 Hong Kong tourists left on the bus, 8 were confirmed dead, 2 were seriously injured, and the situation of the other 5 remains to be confirmed.

Slaughter shot at the hostages aimlessly.

A surviving female tourist from Hong Kong said in the hospital that Mendoza started shooting at the hostages aimlessly after 8 o'clock that night. She said that her husband protected her with his body and blocked Mendoza's shooting, but he was killed himself.

The driver who escaped a few minutes before the police surrounded the coach also said that the hijackers had opened fire on the tourists on board.

Yabut, a senior Philippine police official, said that it took the police more than an hour to storm into the coach again after smashing the glass, mainly because Mendoza arranged the hostages in a row and let them stand in front of the window as "human shields". At that time, it rained heavily and the police had to temporarily retreat.

Written by/reporter Yan Lai

■ connection

Witnesses told this newspaper about the carjacking panic.

(Reporter) Ms. Wu, who works in Manila, Lai Su, lives near the incident. On the evening of 23rd, she introduced the scene to the reporter. She said the police rescue was a mess.

The most important square in the event

Ms. Wu said that the incident was the most important square in Manila, including the inauguration ceremony of the President and the National Day rally, and there were also famous buildings such as the American Embassy and Manila Hotel nearby.

"At about 7: 30 that night, I took a taxi home from the company and found it was already crowded. My apartment is only more than 500 meters away from the incident. From the balcony, I can clearly see the confrontation between the police and the robbers. "

Ms. Wu said that at about 7: 30 that night, when she first arrived at the balcony, she saw a man rushing out of the car, only to know later that it was the driver. "Then there were two gunshots in the bus, and I was so scared that I burst into tears. Maybe the hijacker shot at the hostages inside. "

Ms. Wu said that people near the apartment were observing the situation on the balcony. "I watched live TV while watching the scene." Ms. Wu said that the police were far away from the bus at first, and the ambulance didn't arrive until 8 o'clock.

The police pulled the door with a rope.

"The police later brought the robber's younger brother and said that they would exchange hostages with the robbers. The robbers did not agree. Later, according to the driver of the bus who escaped, the 15 hostage was killed. At this time, the police began to climb around the bus. "

Ms. Wu said, "The bus door was tightly sealed by robbers, so the police took something like a hammer and knocked on the window glass of the bus; Others tied a rope to the bus door and tried to pull the rope with a police car to open the door. As a result, the rope was broken before the police car started. "

"At about 8 o'clock, a Philippine policeman knocked on a piece of glass at the bus door and tried to squeeze in. As a result, the gangster found that the gangster had shot and he escaped. Then the police squatted around the bus. " When Ms. Wu said this, she raised her tone. "At this time, the robber suddenly collapsed in the gap of the bus door. The police tried for a long time and seemed to confirm that the robber was dead before they stood up and opened the bus security door to save people. I suspect that the robber committed suicide. "

"After the police said that the robbers had died, there were many people in front of the car door, and the scene was in chaos." Ms. Wu said.

"It's a bit messy for the police to save people."

"They didn't organize when they saved people. After seeing two people off first, a policeman waved outside as if to say that there were no survivors, and then several policemen and doctors carrying stretchers went in. Later, another survivor, an elderly woman, seemed too scared to move and had to be carried out. As of 9 pm, I saw that four survivors were rescued. " Ms. Wu said.

■ connection

Chinese in the Philippines are concerned about the hijacking incident, in which Chinese restaurants closed down.

"I almost cried watching live TV."

(Reporter Zhang Le) The kidnapping case on 23rd touched the hearts of Chinese in the Philippines. Many people in China were surprised that Hong Kong tourists were hijacked in downtown areas. Chinese in Manila are constantly updating the latest information on the hijacking incident in various ways.

Mr. Wang, a Cantonese who went to the Philippines to do timber business, said, "Several of us watched live TV together and began to report that the hostages were all dead. We were almost crying. A few minutes later, it was reported that the hostages were not dead, and we were a little relieved. But my heart is still very heavy. "

Mr. Wang said that the incident happened in a prosperous area of Manila, where there were many Chinese restaurants, but many restaurants had closed down because the scene had been blocked by the police. "The gangster is nearby, and the scene is very chaotic. Who dares to open the door? "

Chinese Mars, who lives five or six minutes away from the incident, is only 22 years old this year and goes to school locally. He told reporters: "I live nearby and dare not go out today."

Mars said that he and his friends were worried that the incident might worsen the tourism environment in the Philippines. "My friend is engaged in tourism. They called to tell me that the nature of hijacking tourists in downtown areas is too bad, which will affect the image of the Philippines. "

■ background

At that time, the "Top Ten Outstanding Policemen" were fired for extortion.

The Philippine Integrity Court said that Mendoza had blackmailed a chef; Lose retirement benefits after being expelled from the police station

He was once the "Top Ten Outstanding Young Policemen of the Year in the Philippines", but he was dismissed by the police on suspicion of extortion. Before the end of his life, his last identity was a robber.

You can retire in 65438+ 10 next year.

Senior Superintendent Rolando mendoza should have reached the retirement age of 56 in 2011and retired with honor. However, in June 5438+this year 10, a ruling of the ICAC court cost him his life.

According to Creme Barracks' records, Mendoza was expelled from the ICAC court in June+10, 5438, and was deprived of all retirement benefits, so he was no longer eligible for any post.

An investigation by the ICAC court found that Mendoza and four other policemen had extorted 20,000 pesos (about RMB 30 14 yuan) from the chef of a Chinese restaurant.

In April 2008, Christian Crowe, a Chinese restaurant chef, stopped in Amirta district of Manila and met several policemen, including Mendoza. They accused Crowe of illegal parking, driving without a license and taking illegal drugs, and planned to punish Crowe for 3,000 pesos.

According to the case records, several policemen later took Crowe to the headquarters of the mobile patrol department of Manila Regional Police and extorted 20,000 pesos from him. After the blackmail failed, they forced Crowe to swallow a small packet of ice, and Crowe was released only after a friend of Crowe sent him 20 thousand pesos.

Mendoza was the head of the mobile patrol department at that time. On April 25th of that year, Mendoza was suspended for 90 days. After the punishment, he was reinstated.

The Manila Procuratorate rejected the extortion case because Crowe did not attend the trial procedure, but on February 16, 2009, the national police announced that Mendoza was dismissed.

My son and brother are both policemen.

"He was very disappointed because he said he did a good job in the police station, but he was fired for a mistake he didn't make." Mendoza's younger brother Gregory said that when his brother was fired, he felt "unfairly treated".

Mendoza's family can be described as a "noble family". His younger brother Gregory works in the police system, and his eldest son Bismarck is the deputy director of the Bangard regional police station. Mendoza's road to police started as a patrolman and rose step by step.

Born in 1955 65438+ 10/0, graduated from the University of the Philippines with a bachelor's degree in criminology. At the age of 26, he officially joined the Philippine National Police Branch (later Manila Police Branch) and became a policeman.

199 1, when the Philippine national police was established, he joined and obtained the rank of third-class senior police officer. In 2002, Mendoza was promoted to police chief, and three years later, he was promoted to senior police inspector.

Mendoza is a "medal winner". During his police career, * * * won 17 honors, including "Top Ten Outstanding Young Policemen of the Philippines of the Year", "National Police Efficiency Award", "National Police Meritorious Medal" and "National Police Service Medal" awarded by the International Youth Foundation.

"I think what really disappointed him was that when he was fired, he was also deprived of all pensions and benefits." The policeman who asked not to be named said.

Mendoza and his wife Aurora have two sons and a daughter. (Yan) according to

About the hijacking of Hong Kong tourists in the Philippines ~ They are stupid animals. What do they know? They also told the kidnappers that we would never compromise with you. Can this attitude ensure the safety of the hostages? Only to ensure the safety of the kidnappers, hit the glass with a hammer. He was afraid that the kidnappers would not know. This is called special forces. The police in China are definitely not as weak as they are.

If you are in ZG, the kidnapper will not be reinstated, even if he is the president. Non-human, they have no intention of saving people.

Why does the Philippines hijack Hong Kong tourists? What's the purpose? The gunman himself is a very good policeman.

Elected the best policeman in the Philippines,

But then he got involved in a blackmail case and was fired.

Claiming to have been treated unfairly, but not asking for compensation,

Threatening the authorities to reinstate him,

So he pointed a gun at a tourist bus.

Want to take hostages in exchange for his Philippines * * * to get him reinstated! !

Is the hijacking of Hong Kong tourists in the Philippines related to * * *? In real life, everything can be related to politics, and the infinite amplification of the media plays a major role.