It's Okay If No One's Hurt

[Mr Lee]

Update here. Since we're leaving the kids in Marikina tomorrow to head off to Leyte ourselves, today we went to the police station to inquire about our daughter's case. Last night my wife told me that a rumor had gone around about how much the family was willing to pay us (not true), 20,000 pesos and buy us 3 cell phones. A police told our old helper that it wasn't enough, we should get more, with the indication that they would get a cut. So in light of this kind of broken system, I told my wife that I want to pursue the case and put these guys away, but if the system is so broken that we can't even do that properly, maybe we could just settle, even though we don't want these guys off the hook. Our plan was to go to the police today and see how clean or dirty they are, and then make a decision. Happily, they were very clean... even their shoes were shiny. Marikina Police Station is a nice place. Anyways, I was wrong before when I said that other people couldn't afford to press charges against these guys. The problem before was the police hadn't caught them yet. Now a lot of cases are against them, and it's just a few hundred pesos for paper work. Their trial is next Tuesday, and the police said we'll probably get 20~30,000 pesos in emotional damages anyways. Swwwwweeeeeeeeeeet. So here's hoping to the best. Cheers, to scumbags rotting in jail.

Thanks for the update, please let us know more as it plays out. :lmao:  I hope they send them to jail for a very long time.

[URGIRL]

that's nice your step daughter had enough courage i salute her bravery,i was robbed before there's 3 men in motor bike stopped close where i wait for the jeepney after work i thought their just going to buy bread cz at the back of me where i stood is a bake shop but not a lot of people in the area tho,where the crossing area mabolo on the way to island market to ayala sm to lahug, but anyway this 2 persons get closed to me and pointing guns one pointing a gun at my back the other pointing at my stomach, those are horrible experience and they said they want my cellphone hurry up cz where in hurry i said i don't have one and they grab my bag i try to get it back but their crazy. i ask the Sim card cz those time no auto load if u want load for ur phone u need to buy 300 but they pointed the gun hard on me so i said ok u can take it all and go i didn't cry or nervous...i saw taxi i stopped it then in taxi i talk talk to the driver and was amazed when he said am the 3rd passenger who been ride to his taxi that been robed too... then when i reach home i call my mom and dad and their wonder what happen to me i told them all the details and i start crying and nervous for what happened...our neighbor said why u gave ur phone what if its just a toy gun i told them ok lets put its a toy gun but theirs 3 men what if they hurt me or they have knife.....and they said yeah ur right...after that indecent i told my boss not to work in the area so they assign me in the office after.i just thought its just a thing i cant bring back my life if they kill me those time if i argue with them theirs no Brock i cant see my siblings and the worm is fat now ( :lmao: ) anyway tc all good day everyone be safe...kind regards,Che che

So my 12-year old step-daughter got robbed Sunday night by two guys on a scooter. I guess they pulled up beside her and she tried to get away. One of them grabbed her wrist and she started fighting back, ripping his shirt, punching and kicking him. He seemed too concerned with ruining his shades to defend himself, and she broke free. Her friend's father, a police or army guy, was driving nearby and saw it happen. He called her into his vehicle and they tried to chase the guys on the scooter, who got away. He took her back to our house and called the police to make a report. Luckily, the robbers got in an accident a few blocks away and the police caught them, one of them in really bad shape, broken bones, popped out eye, and stuff like that. The police brought the robber who was in less serious condition to the house, where my step-daughter identified him. Then the guy has the nerve to say that since he didn't get anything, and she's not harmed, he could go free. The police, though, have been after these guys for a while, so they told her to change her story, and borrowed her cell phone to say that the guys successfully robbed it from her. They had knives and other stolen goods on them, but no one else had pressed charges (couldn't afford?). So the robber's family was complaining to her that since she's okay, it's not worth charging him, and nothing bad happened anyway. WTF?! Of course they would say that, being the family, but somehow I get the notion that they believe it. On top of their family thinking nothing bad happened, and the police messing with evidence and her story, they apparently beat the kid (24) up as well. Is it wrong of me to be happy for this kind of street justice in the police department? Without the changing of the story and evidence, the guy would be back on the street robbing people still. This wasn't his first time, and wouldn't be his last. Or should I just be happy he got mangled (especially the driver) in the accident later? Either way, the one thing that surprises me in the PI is that if the victim doesn't / can't afford to press charges, the offender often gets off. Why can't the police just charge someone because it's their job to do so, or why can't it be free to do so?

[Jake]

Update here. Since we're leaving the kids in Marikina tomorrow to head off to Leyte ourselves, today we went to the police station to inquire about our daughter's case. Last night my wife told me that a rumor had gone around about how much the family was willing to pay us (not true), 20,000 pesos and buy us 3 cell phones. A police told our old helper that it wasn't enough, we should get more, with the indication that they would get a cut. So in light of this kind of broken system, I told my wife that I want to pursue the case and put these guys away, but if the system is so broken that we can't even do that properly, maybe we could just settle, even though we don't want these guys off the hook. Our plan was to go to the police today and see how clean or dirty they are, and then make a decision. Happily, they were very clean... even their shoes were shiny. Marikina Police Station is a nice place. Anyways, I was wrong before when I said that other people couldn't afford to press charges against these guys. The problem before was the police hadn't caught them yet. Now a lot of cases are against them, and it's just a few hundred pesos for paper work. Their trial is next Tuesday, and the police said we'll probably get 20~30,000 pesos in emotional damages anyways. Swwwwweeeeeeeeeeet. So here's hoping to the best. Cheers, to scumbags rotting in jail.

Thanks for the update, please let us know more as it plays out. :lmao: I hope they send them to jail for a very long time.

Well Mike, you and your wife should be commended by pursuing this case and found the Marikina Police Station are performing their jobs after all.I often wonder however, how these scumbags would be able to pay any amount to the victim. But at least, they will be rotting in jail. Do they sell any kind of pepper spray cannisters there in Manila?Respectfully -- Jake