Korean doctor found dead in hotel room

POLICE have ruled out foul play in the death of a Korean doctor who was found dead inside his hotel room in Malate, Manila barely a day after he arrived in the country. Chief Inspector Erwin Margarejo of the Manila Police District’s homicide division said Moon Sick Park, 49, could have died of a heart attack while he was sleeping in his room at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino. “The victim’s body did not bear external injuries or any signs of struggle that may suggest foul play,” Margarejo told the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He said the victim’s companion, a Korean nurse, sought the help of hotel attendant Wilfredo Manabo Jr. after she noticed that Park was not breathing when she woke up at around 7:20 a.m. Saturday. Hotel personnel rushed Park to the Manila Doctors Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival. Margarejo said the Korean couple arrived in the country on Friday for a five-day vacation. Marlon Ramos

Official of FX taxi drivers’ group killed

THE TREASURER of an FX taxi drivers’ group was shot dead by three men who barged into his house in Muntinlupa City on Sunday night. The three men also took an undetermined amount of cash and jewelry from the victim’s house. Senior Superintendent Elmer Jamias, Muntinlupa City police chief, identified the victim as Hector Elpidio Suarez, 44, the treasurer of GT Express and a resident of Ridgeview 1, Camella Homes in the village of Tunasan. According to Suarez’s wife and house helpers, three men knocked on their door at around 10 p.m. Sunday. When one of the maids opened the door, she was shoved back inside the house. The three men ransacked the house and took some of the group’s funds, which the victim kept inside the house, jewelry, and other valuables. They then dragged the victim to the master bedroom where they shot him in the head. Nina Catherine Calleja