Chinese national robbed, stabbed  by cab driver, cohorts

MANILA, Philippines – A Chinese national was robbed and stabbed by a taxi driver and his two cohorts in Pasay City, police said Monday.

The Southern Police District reported that Ye Han Chai, 21, who came from a Chinese restaurant, hailed a taxi and asked the driver to bring him to a hotel in Parañaque City on Friday, Jan. 25.

The driver, however, brought the victim near the Mall of Asia in Pasay City where two of his cohorts were waiting.

They boarded the vehicle, took the victim’s cash and mobile phones and stabbed him.

Police said the victim was  brought to San Juan De Dios Hospital.

Pursuit operations against the suspects are ongoing. /gsg

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