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Filipino who slashed throat in attempted suicide set to go home

Posted on 13 August 2023 No comments

The Filipino was found covered in blood at his employer's house at 10 Big Wave Road
 

A 30-year-old Filipino who slashed his throat with a meat cleaver on Friday, Aug. 4, is on his way to recovery and will likely go home soon.

This was bared today, Sunday, by welfare attaché Dina Daquigan of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, when asked for an update on the case.

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Daquigan  also confirmed that the Filipino who worked as a gardener in the Shek-O home of one of Hong Kong’s business moguls, tried to kill himself because of a lot of problems, but did not specify exactly what these were.

The Filipino, with the initials J.C., is Ilocano and is married to a fellow domestic worker in Hong Kong with whom he has a son.

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According to a Filipina who also works in the Shek-O area, J.C. escaped serious injury because he was discovered by a co-worker shortly after he hurt himself.

Ok na daw siya. Tatahiin na lang ang sugat. Buti daw at walang ugat na natamaan,” said the Filipina. (He’s said to be ok. His wound would just be stitched up. Luckily no artery was severed).

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The police earlier said they received a call at 9:43am on August 4 from the co-worker who saw J.C. covered with blood as he lay on his bed in their employer’s estate at No 10 Big Wave Bay Road, Shek-O.

Officers who arrived at the scene found him half-conscious, and immediately rushed him to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan for treatment.

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Video footage taken by a local media company showed J.C. bathed in blood, but with a wound that looked superficial as he was taken to the hospital on a stretcher. 

A police report classified the case as suspected suicide, although no suicide note was found at the scene.


Parcel scam na Pinay ang target, binabalik na naman

12 August 2023

 

Ang pekeng airbill na pinadala sa Pinay na target

Muli na namang nata target ang mga Pilipina sa tinatawag na “parcel scam,” kung saan sinasabihan sila na may pinadala sa  kanilang kargamento mula sa ibang bansa na naglalaman ng mamahaling gamit, pero kailangan nilang magbayad para maihatid ito sa kanilang bahay.

Sa isang post sa Facebook page na DWC Help and Learning Group, tinanong ni Rhea (di tunay na pangalan) kung ano ang dapat gawin ng taong pinadalhan diumano ng ganitong pakete.

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“Hello po, baka may naka experience  na po nito na may nagpadala ng package .. baka kasi scam. Pero nasa tracking (bill) naman po yung name nung mag re receive.  (Pero) magbayad muna ng 700hkd bago makuha yung package. Salamat po,” sabi ni Rhea sa post niya.

Kasama sa post ang sinasabing airway bill, kung saan nakalagay na galing diumano  ang pakete na 8.6 kilos ang bigat, mula sa isang “David James” na nasa Istanbul, Turkey.

Ayon pa dito, ang laman ng pakete ay “laptop, mobile devices, golden jewelries, watches, perfumes, wears (sic), flowers, cosmetics, grocery and brown envelope, etc.” Pinapahiwatig dito na yung sobre ay naglalaman ng pera.

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Ang airway bill ay may reference number, bar code, at ang pangalan at logo ng Airmax courier company.

Sa parte ng “comment,” nakalagay na dapat magbayad ng HKD700 sa lugar na pagdadalhan bilang “clearance fee.” Dapat daw itong ipadala sa pamamagitan ng “bank transfer”, imbes sa kumpanya o tao na magdadala nito sa nakapangalan na tatanggap.

Litrato ng nagpakilalang si 'David James' na malamang na ninakaw lang sa internet

Ayon kay Rhea na nakausap ng The SUN online, nakilala niya si David James sa instagram chat. Hindi naman daw siya talagang naniwala sa lahat ng mga sinasabi nito. Katunayan nang sabihan niya ito na scammer ay agad syang blinock nito.

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Mga limang araw pa lang daw silang nag cha chat ni James ay agad daw siyang sinabihan na may ipapadala itong mga regalo, at pinadala ang airway bill.

Marami sa mga nakakita ng kanyang post ang agad na nagsabi na scam ang pinangakong regalo kay  Rhea. Sabi pa ng ilan, dapat ay kumpleto na ang bayad ng courier, at ang nagpadala ang dapat sumagot nito.

May nagsabi din na malamang kapag nagbayad  siya ay ang susunod namang sasabihin ay kulang pa iyon dahil na hold sa customs ang pakete, at kailangan siyang magbayad nang mas malaking halaga.

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Ganitong ganito rin kasi ang nangyari sa ilang mga biktima ilang taon na ang nakakaraan, na umabot ng ilang libo na ang naipadadala bago nalamang hindi totoo ang ipinangakong regalo, at lalong hindi totoo ang saloobin ng nanuyo at nagpa-ibig sa kanila.

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Parcel scam na Pinay ang target, binabalik na naman

Posted on 12 August 2023 No comments

 

Ang pekeng airbill na pinadala sa Pinay na target

Muli na namang nata target ang mga Pilipina sa tinatawag na “parcel scam,” kung saan sinasabihan sila na may pinadala sa  kanilang kargamento mula sa ibang bansa na naglalaman ng mamahaling gamit, pero kailangan nilang magbayad para maihatid ito sa kanilang bahay.

Sa isang post sa Facebook page na DWC Help and Learning Group, tinanong ni Rhea (di tunay na pangalan) kung ano ang dapat gawin ng taong pinadalhan diumano ng ganitong pakete.

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“Hello po, baka may naka experience  na po nito na may nagpadala ng package .. baka kasi scam. Pero nasa tracking (bill) naman po yung name nung mag re receive.  (Pero) magbayad muna ng 700hkd bago makuha yung package. Salamat po,” sabi ni Rhea sa post niya.

Kasama sa post ang sinasabing airway bill, kung saan nakalagay na galing diumano  ang pakete na 8.6 kilos ang bigat, mula sa isang “David James” na nasa Istanbul, Turkey.

Ayon pa dito, ang laman ng pakete ay “laptop, mobile devices, golden jewelries, watches, perfumes, wears (sic), flowers, cosmetics, grocery and brown envelope, etc.” Pinapahiwatig dito na yung sobre ay naglalaman ng pera.

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Ang airway bill ay may reference number, bar code, at ang pangalan at logo ng Airmax courier company.

Sa parte ng “comment,” nakalagay na dapat magbayad ng HKD700 sa lugar na pagdadalhan bilang “clearance fee.” Dapat daw itong ipadala sa pamamagitan ng “bank transfer”, imbes sa kumpanya o tao na magdadala nito sa nakapangalan na tatanggap.

Litrato ng nagpakilalang si 'David James' na malamang na ninakaw lang sa internet

Ayon kay Rhea na nakausap ng The SUN online, nakilala niya si David James sa instagram chat. Hindi naman daw siya talagang naniwala sa lahat ng mga sinasabi nito. Katunayan nang sabihan niya ito na scammer ay agad syang blinock nito.

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Mga limang araw pa lang daw silang nag cha chat ni James ay agad daw siyang sinabihan na may ipapadala itong mga regalo, at pinadala ang airway bill.

Marami sa mga nakakita ng kanyang post ang agad na nagsabi na scam ang pinangakong regalo kay  Rhea. Sabi pa ng ilan, dapat ay kumpleto na ang bayad ng courier, at ang nagpadala ang dapat sumagot nito.

May nagsabi din na malamang kapag nagbayad  siya ay ang susunod namang sasabihin ay kulang pa iyon dahil na hold sa customs ang pakete, at kailangan siyang magbayad nang mas malaking halaga.

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Ganitong ganito rin kasi ang nangyari sa ilang mga biktima ilang taon na ang nakakaraan, na umabot ng ilang libo na ang naipadadala bago nalamang hindi totoo ang ipinangakong regalo, at lalong hindi totoo ang saloobin ng nanuyo at nagpa-ibig sa kanila.

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2 Pinay, nahulicam sa World-Wide sa aktong pagnanakaw

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Kitang-kita na dinudukutan ng naka blue mask ang biktima habang tinatabingan ng kasabwat

Kitang-kita sa video camera ng isang tindahan ng mga damit sa World-Wide Plaza sa Central ang dalawang Pilipina na nagsabwatan para madukot ang pitaka ng isang kapwa Pilipina na kostumer.

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Ayon sa nag post ng video na si Liz Gocotamo Lee, nangyari ang pagdukot sa kanyang pitaka sa Suki shop na nasa ikatlong palapag ng World-Wide kahapon, Biyernes.

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Sabi ni Lee sa kanyang post na may oras na 3:41 pm,  “I’m here na in police station Wanchai. Humanda ka na, hinahanap ka na ng police ngayon. Sa mga kababayan, isa po ako sa mga nabiktima, nadukutan ng wallet kanina lang sa may 3/floor suki shop.”

Kaagad na umani ng 213,000 views ang kanyang post, at halos 3,000 shares. Heto ang video: https://www.facebook.com/100000084292709/videos/255251693989236

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Sa isang maikling pahayag kanina, sinabi ni Lee na nakita na ang kanyang pitaka, pero wala nang lamang pera.

“Hi po. This morning someone called me, they found na po my wallet yesterday,  siguro natakot yung mga nandukot pero yung kinuha lang po yung cash,” sabi ni Lee.

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Hindi na niya dinetalye kung magkano ang pera sa pitaka, at kung ano-ano pa ang laman nito.

Sa video na inilagay niya sa kanyang Facebook account ay makikita si Lee na pumasok sa parte ng tindahan kung saan nakatutok ang CCTV, at may nakasunod na isang Pilipina din na may hawak-hawak na pantalon na naka hanger.

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Kitang-kita ang pagtitig ng Pilipina, na naka itim na t-shirt at pantalon at nakabalal, sa bag ni Lee na walang zipper, habang abala siya sa pagpili ng mga damit. Mula 10 hanggang 15 segundo ng video ay hindi inalis ng babae ang pagtitig sa bag ni Lee.

Bandang 16 na segundo ay may pumasok namang isa pang Pilipina naka blue na pantalon at puting pantaas, at nagpalitan sila ng tingin ng naunang babae, na mukhang senyas para ipahiwatig sa kanya na nandoon na ang kanilang target.

Close-up ng 2 magkasabwat habang dinudukutan ang biktima

Sa loob ng sumunod na 5 segundo ay inipit na ng dalawang magnanakaw ang biktima, na walang kamalay-malay sa kanilang balak. Pagpatak ng 21 segundo sa video ay inumpisahan nang dukutin ng pangalawang suspek ang pitaka ng biktima habang ang kanyang kasabwat ay pinantakip ang mga hawak-hawak na pantalon sa isinasagawang pandurukot.

Tumagal lang ng 5 segundo ang pagkuha sa pitaka, dahil sa ika-27 segundo ay lumayo na ang nandukot, samantalang mabilisang binalik nung kasabwat ang mga hawak-hawak na pantalon sa sabitan, bago tumigil sumandali sa tabi ng nauna at mukhang kinuha ang pitaka bago lumabas ng tindahan.

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Eksaktong ika-35 segundo ng video nang lumabas ang kasabwat, na sinundan ng nandukot pagkatapos ng 5 segundo.

Kahit mukhang kumalma na ang biktima dahil maibabalik na sa kanya ang kanyang pitaka at iba pang mahahalagang bagay na nakapaloob doon ay marami sa mga nag komento sa kanyang video ang nagsabi na dapat pa ring mahuli ang mga mandurukot.

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“Ipakulong mo, tapos kung pwede ipa-blacklist para di na pamarisan,” sabi ng isa.

Dagdag ng isa pa, “Dapat yan tuluyan... kahit na kababayan pa yan... nakakahiya sila, di maghanapbuhay ng patas…Mukhang mga sanay…para dina maulit at kawawa ang mabiktima pa ng mga yan. Tuloy ang kaso…kulong yan dapat kapag nahuli.”

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Sa patuloy na pagkalat ng video, may kaparusahan na ring napataw sa dalawang kawatan. Kung mga domestic worker sila, may posibilidad pa na matanggal sila sa trabaho at mapauwi, matapos makasuhan at maparusahan.


DMW team in HK to investigate Canada student visa ‘scam’

Posted on 11 August 2023 No comments

By Daisy CL Mandap

 

USec Cacdac (head of table) meets with complainants at the DMW office in Pasig City

A team from  the Department of Migrant Workers will be in Hong Kong this weekend to investigate the complaints filed by nine Filipino domestic workers against a Cebu-based group that allegedly collected a total sum of HK$138,000 (about Php1million) from them, in the guise of offering them student visas to Canada.

The team, headed by DMW Assistant Secretary Francis Ron de Guzman, will interview the complainants directly and collect their evidence, which include receipts issued by the PinoyCare Visa Centre-Opportunities Abroad Visa Processing Services founded and headed by former Cebu City Councillor Prisca Nina Mabatid.

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The complainants, most of whom paid HK$18,731 each for the promised student visas, will also hand over video clips of the recruitment pitch made by Mabatid and her partner, lawyer Russ Mark Gamallo, on February 19 this year, during which they both assured the applicants they could work and earn enough to cover all their expenses while studying in Canada.

Also named in their complaint is their fellow FDW, Bryan A. Calagui, a pro-government blogger  whose online promotion of the PCVC-OAVPS recruitment and assurances that it was a legitimate operation, lured them into the alleged scam.

Mabatid (in white) tries to fend off HK complainants who called the police for help in June  

Ahead of the DMW team’s visit, a representative of the complainants joined Migrante International, which is representing about 20 other alleged victims of Mabatid’s group, in a meeting with DMW Usec Hans Cacdac at his office in Pasig City to personally relay their grievance.

At the August 4 meeting, USec Cacdac assured the complainants that the DMW was committed to helping them pursue justice.

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“There is no question that we are joining you in this advocacy,” Cacdac told them. “We are sending it (the case) to the NBI because we think there is probable cause.”

The DMW official said they had to involve the National Bureau of Investigation because they needed a law enforcement arm in pursuing the case against PCVC-OAVPS, Mabatid and her group.

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The case that will be filed for those who claim to have been victimized in the Philippines would be large-scale illegal recruitment and/or syndicated estafa, while for the OFW applicants, the more suitable charge will be human trafficking.

Cacdac explained that the DMW legal team had agreed that illegal recruitment cannot be filed on behalf of the OFWs as they were no longer in the Philippines when the alleged offense happened.

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He also mentioned that the fact that the group was not licensed by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) made them liable for illegal recruitment, even if what they were offering ostensibly were student visas and not jobs.

Cacdac said “badges of fraud” were present in the case, including the assurance that the victims could work and earn enough to cover all their expenses while studying in Canada, that they need not worry about the academic requirements and financial capacity involved, and that the visa processing would take only three months.

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According to the Hong Kong complainants, Mabatid told them during the February recruitment that the easiest pathway to attaining immigrant status in Canada is through the student visa scheme. She assured them it was easy to get the visa, and they need not even pass the IELTS (International English Language Testing System).

She downplayed their reservation about the financial requirements, saying she would lend them HK$1 million each as “settlement fund”, which they could use to convince Canadian authorities they had the means to finance their studies for one year.

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She also claimed that they need not worry about their food and lodging as her group’s “successful applicants” who are now in Canada, would take them in.

Together with Gamallo, she told the audience that they would not only be able to work to pay for their studies, they would be able to save enough to continue providing for their families. 

Even better, they could bring their immediate family members so that they could all enjoy the benefits of living in Canada.

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But as soon as they paid the “promotional fee” of $18,731 within three days of the recruitment, the applicants said they were sent a list of requirements which made them realize immediately that there was no way they could qualify for the visa.

Most of them immediately asked for a refund, but were reminded that they had signed a "memorandum of agreement" specifying that the fee was non-refundable. If they persisted in claiming their money, they could be sued, the group allegedly warned them.

At least one of them persevered, but after completing all the requirements, was stonewalled when she asked about the promised $1million loan from Mabatid. She said that was when she realized that the whole thing was a scam, that the group did not really intend to help any of the OFW applicants secure what was promised them.

The group managed to call the police to investigate their complaint when Mabatid and company returned to Hong Kong on June 18 for a new recruitment round. To get off the police investigation, Mabatid promised to return the complainants' money the next Sunday, but scooted home just a few days later.

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