This composite of file photos shows four Chinese nationals arrested by the PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group for kidnapping Jianting Chen on February 20, 2019. PHOTO from the Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Group.
MANILA, Philippines The Duterte administration should intensify its efforts against kidnappings associated with high-stakes gambling in the country, opposition Senator Leila de Lima urged Monday.
De Lima said this after an anti-crime watchdog, Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order (MRPO), expressed alarm over the rising number of kidnapping incidents allegedly perpetrated by loan shark syndicates.
The MRPO documented a total of 23 victims since 2018, the senator noted.
De Lima, who is detained in Cam…
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