A dismissed police officer held a tourist bus with 22 Hongkong foreigners hostage in front of the Quirino Grandstand. The hostage-taker was identified as Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed police officer who was asking for reinstatement.
SPO2 Gregorio Mendoza, brother of the hostage-taker was interviewed by the media nearby about the demands of his brother. Gregorio said his brother was dismissed from service by the Ombudsman without due process. Rolando was supposed to retire early next year because he was turning 56, retiring age for policemen.
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Hong Kong’s Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee told reporters authorities that none of their nationals were injured in the incident.
The Hostagetaker: Dismissed Police Capt. Rolando Mendoza
The hostage taker, Rolando Mendoza, is facing charges such as robbery, robbery-extortion, grave threats and physical injuries. Mendoza was formerly with the Manila police’s mobile patrol but was dismissed from the service due to charges of extortion and illegal arrest.
Mendoza previously received the 1986 Ten Outstanding Policemen of the Philippines award of the Jaycees International.
Mendoza reportedly became impatient while waiting for the resolution of his motion for reconsideration so he decided to take hostages.
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The crisis has been contained. But the after-effect is reverberating all throughout the world. What we can do now is to see the other side of the coin. What can we learn from it? Learning the hard way…
While this comedic tragedy was unfolding,
my wife and I were really laughing out loud
(not at the victims [who are collateral damage])
but at the police, the media, the dishonorable politicos
(beginning with the President of the Republic, his so-called
high-IQ think-tank cabinet, the PMA police generals and,
grandstanding Erectile Dysfunction Manila officials).
Everyone was at their idiots best!
To think they all went to college!
Then again… Peter Principle.
Everyone simply missed the obvious:
a) that Mendoza was desperate (a soon to retire, bemedalled,
uncorrupt officer booted out of a job by his corrupt handlers);
b) that Mendoza was armed (with the obvious intent);
c) that Mendoza had one request (to be reinstated,
with all benefits restored).
But no, everyone complicated the simple.
Which was to simply grant the request,
which would simply end the drama.
And nobody saw it either
(as I mentioned to my wife)…
that after granting Mendoza’s request
(resulting in the cessation of the hostage-taking),
Mendoza was now answerable to criminal charges
(and was to be incarcerated for it).