Rehabilitation czar Panfilo “Ping” Lacson. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines – The gold earring with diamond that was snatched by robbers from the wife of former senator and now rehabilitation czar Panfilo Lacson was not real after all.
Lacson himself admitted this Wednesday when asked about his wife, Alice, whose diamond-studded gold earring, was reportedly snatched while she was in Divisoria last April 14.
Lacson, who was chief of the Philippine National Police during the time of then President Joseph Estrada, said he only learned about the incident on Facebook.
“Alam mo. unang una, hindi s’ya makapag report sa akin, alam n’yang papagalitan ko s’ya. Nag-report sya kung kanino hanggang sa ‘yun nga, nadala s’ya sa presinto, na—interview ng police, tinulungan s’ya. Sa Facebook ko nga nalaman e…” he said in a radio interview.
(You know, in the first place, she could not report to me because she knows that I’ll get mad at her. She reported to someone, and then she was brought to a precinct where she was interviewed by the police and she got help. I just only learned it on Facebook)
The former senator then phoned his wife and asked about the incident.
“Tinawagan ko, ano ‘yung nanakawan ka raw? … E bakit nagpupunta ka ng Divisoria, aala-alahas ka pa?” he told his wife.
“Hindi naman talaga ‘yun diamond, ang sabi n’ya ang tawag du’n gulugod-pagong… Hindi naman talaga totoo. E maski na hindi totoo kung mukhang totoo e mai-snatchan ka rin, delikado ang buhay mo…” Lacson added.
He said his wife told him that she just came from a doctor and that she just forgot to remove one of her earrings.
“Sabi ko ok lang pumunta s’ya ng Divisoria, Baclaran pero huwag kang magsuot ng kung ano-ano,” Lacson.
“Ganun ang takbo ng usapan namin. Paminsan-misan, ako naman yugn mataas ang boses,” he said in jest.
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