The hosted drama lasted over 10 hours. It’s started at around 10:00 AM (Monday, August 23, 2010) and ends at around 8:00PM. This was watched all over the world and makes the Philippines rank at the first page on 6 news website including CNN and CWN. We also lasted 1 hour trending topic twitter.
The lead cast is played by dismissed Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza of the Philippine National Police (PNP). The scene started when he hostage a tourist bus filled with HongKong traveler. It was their last day of vacation and were about to go back to their country when Mendoza entered into their bus wearing police uniform and armed with high caliber pistols. He mandated the driver to stop the bus the middle on Quirino grandstand.
Right after capturing the bus, he posted his demands on the windshield such as to be back in the PNP service and to receive all the government benefits intended for him. On the event of hostage drama, Mendoza released 8 hostages identified as Danilo Medril, photographer, tour guide Rigor Cruz, 64 years old, 73-year-old Lee See Kyu, Tsang Yee Lai, 40, and her children Fu Chang Yin, 4, Fu Chak Yin, 10, and family friend Wong Ching Nat, 12, Diana Chan. At around 10:30 AM, another unidentified woman was also released.
At 2:18 PM, Mendoza posts his third message “3PM today deadlock” and releases one of the hostages. At 3PM, Mendoza’s brother SPO4 Gregorio Mendoza negotiates with him not to pursue the 3PM deadlock, conversation held over the phone. SPO4 Gregorio Mendoza convinces his brother to extend the deadline.
At 3:28 PM, discharged police Rolando Mendoza posted his 4th and final message “Media Now”. Mendoza stated
“Big deal will start after 3 p.m. today” then freed Filipino photographer, the 9th hostage released. Negotiators lead by Superintendent Orlando Yebra Jr. and Chief Inspector Romeo Salvador, is still weighing to give to demand of the hostage-taker.
At 6:00PM, Mendoza, receives a letter from the Ombudsman stating to review his case. At 7:10 PM, SPO4 Gregorio Mendoza was arrested, this was the time when Mendoza amuck. He warned the RMN anchor over the phone that he will start firing at the tourists if his brother is taken away. This is the last time when Rolando Mendoza was heard on air.
At 7:30, the bus driver escapes, running towards the police mobile saying “Patay na Lahat, Patay na Lahat,” that all hostages has been killed. After that, the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team start to surround the bus. They tried to break the bus window. Then more than 3 gunshots were fired inside the tourist bus. The police throw tear gas inside.
At 8:04 PM, another gun shots were heard but unidentified where it is coming. The police used rope to open the bus front door; one hostage is seen near the door, slumber.
At 8:23 PM, another round of gunshot and a bystander is hit. Shots are fired over and over that is cannot be recognized where it is coming from. At 8:43 PM, Rolando Mendoza was dead, the end of the bloody hostage drama.
Officially, there are 8 Hong Kong tourist killed and 7 wounded. Now, once again Philippine is famous for cruelty and violence. We are now in the black category of Hong Kong travel guide and the Hong Kong government advices their people not to travel in the Philippines for this country is the one of the most dangerous area in the world.
………………………..PHILIPPINES IS IN JEOPARDY
Mendoza gets fired that’s why be breaks the law by kidnapping innocent people. The story starts with Mayor Lim and his Drug-Lord best friend.
On that day, Mendoza visited Mayor Alfredo Lim and begging to release his papers and give him back his early retirement and other benefits, in return he will not speak up to anyone that Mayor Lim has involvement with syndicates.
Why Mendoza choose Chinese (Hong Kong) to be his hostage? Why not Filipino? Why not American? Why not Korean? Because, Mayor Lim’s best friend is a Chinese and resides in Hong Kong. Of course, token is always there, we’re talking about Million of Million of pesos… If you are government employee, with your salary … it is not enough for you to be a millionaire, unless you are a businessman. Well! Drugs are a good business.
Mendoza was set-up by Mayor Lim. He was hunted and accused with other 4 innocent policeman. He died and never fight his right instead he hostage innocent people and killed them.
You don’t know who you can trust… Philippine Government wake-up!
Have you watched the latest news? Left and right…. Philippine Policemen caught a Chinese drug pusher… what have you watched is not real, it’s just scripted…
Ano ba Yan?Nakakahiya sa mundo..This is so embarrassing!!!That captain Mendoza is a selfish man!!Di siya deserving maging pulis..Dagdag lang siya sa problema ng bansa..!
sana ginawa nlng nla ang utos ng hostage taker para wlng problema