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TWO
alleged members of a kidnap-for-ransom group whose
victims are mostly Indians were arrested by members of
the National Police Highway Patrol Group (HPG) in
Cavite.
Wilbert
Repal Ong, 24, of Block 12, Lot 1, Manga Street,
barangay De la Paz; and John Dumdumaya, 31, of Block 43,
Lot 6, Phase 3A, barangay San Isidro, both in Antipolo
City, were nabbed by HPG agents on Tuesday in barangay
Salinas, Bacoor, Cavite.
Both
were presented to the media in Camp Crame on Thursday by
the HPG commander, Chief Supt. Perfecto Palad.
Chief
Insp. Allan Macapagal of the HPG-Southern Tagalog unit
said he and other highway-patrol agents flagged down the
vehicle that was driven by the suspects after verifying
that its plate number, PGX-748, was issued to a Toyota
Cressida.
When
they inspected the vehicle, a Mitsubishi Adventure,
owned by Dumdumaya, the highway-patrol policemen saw two
firearms, a 9 mm pistol and a caliber .38 revolver,
prompting them to arrest the two.
When
further investigated, Ong broke down and admitted that
they were members of a kidnapping group that has been
preying on Indians and they were in Cavite, waiting for
another victim.
Palad
said the group, “Sibuyas Gang,” abducted Indian
Balwinder Kumar on June 14 outside his house in Tanay,
Rizal.
The
victim was released after his family gave the group P1.7
million.
Kumar,
who was present during the presentation, positively
identified Ong and Dumdumaya as among those who snatched
him.
He said
the suspects dragged him into Dumdumaya’s Adventure van,
hogtied, blindfolded, and took him to an undisclosed
location.
Palad
said the antikidnapping Police Anticrime Emergency
Response (Pacer) group, which is also based in Camp
Crame, reported that the Sibuyas Gang was also behind
the kidnapping of two other Indians.
Pacer is
set to lodge kidnapping charges against Ong and
Dumdumaya.
Palad
said the Sibuyas Gang has two Indian informers. He said
the Indians are the ones who identify targets for the
group.
Charges
of illegal possession of firearms, illegal transfer of
license plate, and possession of fake driver’s license
have been filed against the two with the Cavite court. |
