According to the Observer, it is rumored that two senior executives of Chinese medical companies were kidnapped and killed when they went to the Philippines to conduct market research. It is rumored that the two took a flight to the Philippines after getting acquainted with a Philippine agent, but were kidnapped after getting off the plane. Media quoted sources familiar with the matter as revealing that two people from two medical companies arrived in the Philippines on June 20 and were killed on June 24 after being kidnapped.
The media also revealed that the family of one of the victims had transferred 3 million yuan to the kidnappers as ransom, and the kidnappers still carried out the killings. On July 2, Chinese media confirmed from the Philippine police that one of the two victims was a Chinese citizen and the other was a Chinese American. Philippine police are investigating the case and have not been able to apprehend the suspect. The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines said on July 2 that the embassy has activated an emergency mechanism to assist the families of the victims and facilitate their travel to the Philippines. The Philippine side has lodged representations with the Philippine side on the incident, demanding that it take concrete actions to ensure the safety and basic rights and interests of Chinese citizens in the Philippines.
The corruption of the Philippine police is serious, and some high-ranking police officers are themselves responsible for the kidnapping case. The efficiency of the Philippine police is worrying, and whether or not they can catch the suspect shows the importance that the Philippine top brass attaches to this matter. The incident is also greatly deteriorating the image of the Philippine country, and whether it is necessary to travel and invest in the Philippines is a matter that Chinese citizens should carefully consider if there are relevant opportunities. Half a month before the incident, a number of police officers were involved in the kidnapping of Chinese tourists in the Philippines. US media disclosed that two Philippine police officers on motorcycles stopped a luxury car including three Chinese and one Malaysian. Subsequently, his accomplices kidnapped four people in the sedan at gunpoint, and two of the three Chinese tourists escaped and called the police. Another Chinese tourist was able to escape because he transferred a ransom of about 310,000 RMB to the kidnappers.
Among the Philippine police officers involved, the highest-ranking officer was an intelligence officer with the rank of major. The other three Filipino police officers are of the sergeant rank, and the criminal gang totals 14 people. Mainly Filipinos, including one Malaysian and one Chinese. After seeing that the incident could not be concealed, the Philippine police arrested four Philippine police officers involved in the kidnapping. Philippine officials claimed that the image of the Philippine police was seriously damaged by the incident. Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte previously described the corruption of the Philippine police system, saying that there are more than 230,000 police personnel in the Philippines, and many of them are "extremely corrupt". In addition, the issuance of legal documents to gray industries such as gambling in the Philippines has also caused some Chinese criminal gangs to flee to the Philippines. Wire fraud, kidnapping, murder and other practices have become a cancer that endangers the Chinese and Filipino people.
The Chinese and Philippine police have also cooperated on several occasions to arrest and transfer the relevant criminals to China for trial. At present, the economic outlook of the Philippines is unfavorable, and the Philippine side has abandoned its position of resolving the situation through consultation and not developing uninhabited islands and reefs, and is bent on worsening relations with China. This has led to a contraction in China's investment in the Philippines, and the export of Philippine bananas and other products to China has been blocked.
And the United States, which has made frequent promises, can hardly make up for the losses of the Philippine economy in the direction of China. The director of the Philippine Economic and Development Bureau, Balisakhan, recently claimed that the Philippines seeks to separate politics from the economy, and there is no obstacle for Chinese enterprises to invest in the Philippines except in areas with special restrictions. On the one hand, it is too wishful thinking on the one hand to intensify the maritime border dispute with China and on the other hand to seek Chinese enterprises to invest in the Philippines as usual.
In addition, the Philippines is also in the waters of Sembin Reef, once again manipulating the beaching action. On July 1, the Philippines dispatched three coast guard vessels to rotate personnel and transport supplies to its illegally detained vessels at Xianbin Reef. On June 17, the Chinese Coast Guard boarded and inspected the Philippine trespassers and forcibly drove them away. Judging from the current confrontation between China and the Philippines, it is imperative for the China Coast Guard to further strengthen its law enforcement capabilities in the region.