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-'''Lanao kidnappers wore cop shirts, too'''
+'''Lechon festival draws big crowd in Iligan'''
-*Source: http://www.goldstardailynews.com/northern-mindanao-%7C%7C-x/6097-lanao-kidnappers-wore-cop-shirts-too.html
+*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r10&id=55980
-*Friday, 23 September 2011
+*Saturday, September 24, 2011
-:by Gold Star Daily
+:by PIA Press Release
-AUTHORITIES spotted a similarity in the abduction of Manny Boniao last Monday and the June kidnapping of an Ozamiz-based businessman in Lanao del Norte.
+ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Sept. 24 (PIA) -- Thousands of residents, here, and from other places flocked to the 2nd “Indigay sa Lechon” (roasted pig competition), one of the highlights of Diyandi (gathering) festival, along Roxas Avenue, this city, last Sept. 20.
-The kidnappers of Boniao and businessman Alexander Lim wore police T-shirts, a police official told The Gold Star Daily.
+Melvin Anggot, City Information Officer said 60 crispy and spicy roasted pig were given free to residents and visitors by the city government and the city’s lone congressional district.
+Anggot said, among the nine participants of the competition, Miling's Lechon of Timoga, Buruun bagged the "Best Lechon" award with Php10,000, while Amalia’s lechon was second, with Php 8,000 and Dodong's lechon was third with P7,000.
-Lim, a son of the owner of a known construction company in Ozamiz, was kidnapped by armed men in Linamon, Lanao del Norte, last June 8. He was freed in Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur, after one month of captivity.
+Iligan City Mayor Lawrence Lluch Cruz officially claimed “lechon” from Iligan City is the country’s most delicious roasted pig better than Cebu City.
+Cruz said, “lechon” from Bayug and Timoga are among the best roasted pig as delicacies from Iligan City and had been sending deliveries to Manila and even abroad.
-A group of about six to eight men, wearing police T-shirts, snatched Boniao from inside his store, People's Agri Supply, at Barangay Gusa, this city, at around 10:30 am last Monday.
+The Mayor said the lechon is one of the so called “One Town One Product” that formed part of Iligan City’s being the number eight in the country performance in good governance.
+Meanwhile, Congressman Vicente Belmonte Jr. of the city’s lone district., said there are three major products and delicacies that makes Iligan City well known. These are the world class Cheding Peanuts, Sukang Pinakurat and the famous lechon from Iligan City.
-On Wednesday, police found the getaway vehicle in Sumilao, Bukidnon. Inside were police T-shirts and caps and other items.
+Belmonte said ‘ lechon’ from Iligan gives more power to our patron saint St. Michael the Archangel who protect Iligan City and drive out evils that tends to destroy it.
+It is also the favorite food of Señior San Miguel and that lechon from Iligan City attracts local and foreign tourists from other places. (CIO/PIA-10)
-Based on the records of the National Police's Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD), there have been six abductions, including Boniao's, in Northern Mindanao this year.
-Not a single suspected kidnapper has been arrested.
-Incidentally, Boniao's store in Barangay Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City is adjacent to a building whose previous owner, Benny Leongben Lee, was kidnapped and subsequently murdered in the 1980s. The Lee kidnapping and murder case has remained unsolved.
-A police official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the abduction of Boniao could be part of a campaign to raise funds for the 2013 elections.
-"Remember that we are nearing an election year. Where do you think the money used to bribe voters and election officers would come from?" the official asked rhetorically.
-He faulted the families of previous victims for acceding to demands for "board and lodging" payment.
-The official said the "reimbursements" were still ransom money.
-This, he said, has emboldend kidnap-for-ransoms groups to turn their criminal activities into a "cottage industry."
-"We want them (kidnap victims' families) to coordinate with us. We always advise the families not to pay," the source said.
-He said what aggravates the problem is that kidnap victims almost always refuse to cooperate with police authorities after they are released by their abductors.
-"They (kidnap victims) refused to coordinate with us after they were released. There was no debriefing of the victims which is very important because this is how we profile the suspects in the region," the official said.
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