Cops arrest Estonian man, female pal for attacking Arnold Clavio’s son

Had they not stepped in, the 23-year-old son of GMA 7 television news anchorman Arnold Clavio would have been left not only with a damaged car, no phone and possibly with no money in his wallet after his attackers were done with him, police said.

Officials of the Eastern Police District said   on Thursday that they had  arrested Arnauld Ymanuel Veluz Clavio’s  suspected attackers, Urmas Saask, 36, alias Veikoo Soori, an Estonian national, and his companion Lilia Docot, 29, alias Aumi Cha, in an entrapment operation in Taguig City Wednesday night.

Chief Supt. Miguel T. Laurel, EPD district director, said they had acted on the  robbery/extortion complaint of the younger Clavio, 23, co-owner of 25th Media Productions, whose car was hit by the suspects’ Mercedez Benz along  Guadix Street in  Mandaluyong City at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.

Clavio complained that Saask took his iPhone 5 and demanded P28,000 from him so he could get it back.

The amount would also be payment in exchange for not filing damage to property charges against the victim, said Senior Supt. Danilo Maligalig, deputy district director for operations.

“Apparently, Saask  hit Clavio’s car and yet he had the nerve to bully  the victim,” Maligalig said.

Saask, who was allegedly  drunk at the time of the incident, even punched him before taking his  phone, Clavio claimed.

The police official said  a check with the Bureau of Immigration (BI) showed that Saask was an overstaying alien in the country.

He said authorities found that Saask entered the country in September 2009 and had not renewed his student visa.

“As far as the  BI is concerned, he is an overstaying alien,” Maligalig said.

The police said they were studying what other charges could be filed against the two suspects.

Saask and Docot are now  detained at the EPD’s District Intelligence Division detention facility.