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.
