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Police, army IDs recovered from 2 Chinese suspects in Makati shooting
Two of the three Chinese suspects in the shooting of two other Chinese nationals in Makati City last week have been arrested and were found to be in possession of police and army IDs, according to Mav Gonzales' report on Unang Balita on Monday.
The suspects were identified as Yang Chau Wen and Liang Yuan Wu.
According to Colonel Rogelio Simon, chief of Makati City Police, the three suspects met with the two victims in a hot pot restaurant to change money from Chinese Yuan to Philippine Peso on Thursday.
CCTV footage shows the five Chinese nationals entering the restaurant. Then after a few minutes, three of them were seen leaving the place in a hurry.
Arrested suspect Yang Chau Wen said he was only persuaded to join the other two suspects.
“Ang kuwento nito, nagkikita-kita raw sa lugar para magpapalit ng pera. 'Di raw niya alam kausap niya, na nanakawan siya, na kukunin ang pera niya,” Simon said.
“Pero nakikita sa CCTV, siya may hawak ng pera at sila may baril,” he added.
In the footage, Yang Chau Wen was seen running while carrying the money.
“I was afraid and ran away… We were three people but the other one shot him,” he said.
Recovered from the suspects were the stolen money, three guns, ammunition, a paper with handwritten Chinese characters, and IDs.
The IDs appeared to be issued by the Hong Kong Police and the People’s Liberation Army. However, the persons in the ID photos were not the arrested suspects.
“Ito 'yung subject ng conference namin with police attache ng China by tomorrow. Ipapa-identify natin ito kasi ang nagsasabi lang din nito ay 'yung mga suspek,” Simon said.
“Na-inquest na ang mga suspek para sa mga kasong robbery with murder, frustrated murder at illegal possession of firearms,” he added.
The police are still locating the suspect that was still at large. —Joviland Rita/KBK, GMA News
