NEWS BRIEFS

LAPU MAYOR TO TAKE UP CASES OF KOREANS WITH ENVOY

Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza will take up with the Korean ambassador  crime incidents in Mactan  involving Korean nationals when the diplomat visits on Friday.

“Even before, I have been trying to mediate in cases of troublesome Koreans. In some cases,  the conflicts involve fellow Koreans,” Radaza said.

Mayor Radaza said she instructed the police chief, Senior Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas, to be more vigilant in preventing Korean conflicts.

Last Oct. 31, two Koreans were ambushed by an unidentified gunman who shot at their car as it left the Pacific Villa I Subdivision.

Another Korean, Kim Jae Hyung, and three Filipino accomplices are facing a frustrated murder complaint for the attempt on the lives of  Korean businessman Lee Dong Gun and his assistant  Jung Ha Bok.

Lawas said police learned that Kim flew to South Korea last Oct. 26 and returned to Cebu on Nov. 3  but can no longer be located in his home in Pacific Villa I. /Correspondent Norman M. Mendoza

MANDAUE POLICE RECOVER STOLEN MOTORBIKES

Police recovered two motorcycles following the arrest of four suspects.

One motorcycle was already dismantled while another motorcycle’s license plate  was missing.

The Investigation and Detection Management Branch (IDMB)  in Mandaue headed by Chief Insp. Michael Anthony Bastes recovered the items in barangay Mambaling, Cebu City.

Bastes said he was concerned about the revelation that  the  carnap group leader, John Kyle Samonte, was  connected with the  Dominguez brothers carnap group in Luzon.

He said police will refer  the case to the Regional Intelligence Division.

Arrested together with Samonte were Rannie Dandan, 34, married; Johnriel Carsido, 28, single; and Floriano Conde, 25, single.

Samonte was arrested driving a KIA Pride  with plate  number GPV 582 which was  reported lost by its owner Juvy Zanoria./Correspondent Jucell Marie P. Cuyos

OLD NURSERY DEMOLITION HALTED

The demolition of homes in the old nursery of the Cebu City government in the North Reclamation Area was put on hold yesterday.

Families of the seven houses  demolished last Tuesday will be provided with tents by City Hall.

Dept. for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) head Collin Rosell said the demolition has been halted until the informal settler’s relocation site in La Guerta in barangay Lahug is ready.

Quoting results of a DWUP survey, 26 structures were illegally built in the area. At least  14  were built inside the nursery compound while  22  were built nearby.

Rosell said the  14 families qualify for city government relocation.

He said  residents  ignored the order from City Hall vacate the government property and only sought DWUP’s assistance when the demolition started last Tuesday./Chief of Reporters Doris C. Bongcac