Sino traders, Church call for deployment of Marines vs kidnappers in Cotabato
10/17/2010COTABATO CITY — Filipino-Chinese traders and the Catholic Church here called on the government to deploy a Marine brigade in the city to help contain the kidnap-for-ransom gangs.
“We feel more secure if the Marines are in town,” Yu Beng Chua, president of the Cotabato City Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said in an interview.
Chua said they were worried of the kidnapping threats now hounding them following the abduction of the chamber’s two members by gunmen in just a span of two months.
“Our general feeling is that we don’t have enough protection from authorities,” Chua said.
He said most of the Filipino-Chinese traders in Cotabato City favored the deployment of Marines to help the local military and police in securing the city against lawless elements..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101017nat1.html
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