Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
Courtesy: gmanews.tv
29 February 2008
Snatchers strike at Tondo mass for Lozada
CITY OF MANILA, Philippines -
Snatchers took advantage of the crowd attending the mass for truth for
ZTE witness Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr in Manila’s Tondo district Thursday
night, stripping three journalists and Lozada’s lawyer of their
respective mobile phones.
In a complaint report, SPO4 Roberto Jimenez of Manila Police District’s
Station 2 said three broadcast journalists reported the loss of their
cellular phones during the mass and candle-lighting ceremony for Lozada
in front of the Sto. Niño Church around 9:30 p.m.
The complainants are: GMA’s Michael Fajatin, who lost two cellular
phones with a combined estimated worth of P55,000; ABS-CBN’s Jose Maria
Villarama II, who lost a mobile phone worth P30,000; radio dzMM’s
Dennis Datu, who similarly lost a mobile phone.
In a report, radio dzBB said aside from the three journalists, Lozada’s
lawyer Reynaldo Princesa likewise lost his cellphone while attending
the event.
None of the perpetrators in the four separate snatching incidents were reported caught.
MPD Station 2 head Supt. Mario Espino said the big crowd that attended
the mass organized for Lozada Thursday night likely made it easy for
the thieves to strike.
