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Monday, October 6, 2014

Victim of alleged extortion complaints at police station

ZAMBOANGA City—A victim of extortion informed the police station here of text messages from a suspect who is asking an amount of money and threaten him if he will not comply, police said.

Victim identified as Nashrolhag Mandangan prepared instead to disclose the incident to the authority for fear, said the police.

Police operatives took off to Jolo to coordinate with Jolo police to confirm the incident.  Mandangan was certain the suspect was from Jolo (Sulu) as was mentioned in the text messages by the later.

The accuser with the operatives prepared for an entrapment operation.
At the Southway Mall the complainant was able to meet a male person later was identified as Joeyden A. Abdulhakim, 34, married, a resident of Squarelane, Tugbungan, Zamboanga City.

Mandangan gave the P5,000 marked money to Abdulhakim after which gave the signal by taking off his shade to show he had handed over the money.

At the police station Abdulhakim told Mandangan he was just instructed by his female friend identified as Princess Jan Timbayan to get the amount of P25,000 as payment for debt. Princess promised the suspect to give him P1,000.

Abdulhakim gave proof that he had no knowledge on the alleged extortion by putting cell phone in a loud speaker mode to show the instruction given by certain Timbayan, police said.

The victim heard the conversation instructing Abdulhakim by Timbayan to deposit the money at LBC express Marina Branch, in Jolo.


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