Cops keep tight watch vs KFR gangs targeting Chinese-Filipino students

On the first day of classes, police in the cities of Manila and Pasay kept an extra-tight watch against kidnap-for-ransom (KFR) gangs in schools with Chinese-Filipino students. In Manila, radio dzBB’s Carlo Mateo reported that the Manila Police District (MPD) increased visibility and patrols around Chinese schools in the city’s Tondo area. Children of Chinese-Filipino traders have been considered a “favorite" target of KFR groups, as their parents are perceived to pay ransom without reporting kidnapping incidents to authorities. MPD head Chief Superintendent Rodolfo Magtibay personally inspected police preparations around Chinese schools in the area early Tuesday, the report said. Similarly heightened was police security on De La Salle University and the College of St. Benilde in Manila, where many children of Chinese Filipinos also study. In Pasay City, dzBB’s Denver Trinidad reported that police kept tight watch over a Chinese Filipino school there, with a police 6x6 truck is being detailed in the area. Meanwhile, in Davao City, police have also kept close watch over schools where children of Chinese Filipinos are known to study. — LBG/RSJ, GMANews.TV