MANILA -- An 18-year-old teenager, who identified herself to police investigators as a daughter of former Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson, lost her Toyota sports utility vehicle or SUV to armed robbers, who forcibly took the vehicle at gunpoint in Quezon City Sunday morning.
Kimberly Singson, of Valle Verde 1, Quezon City, went to the Anti-Carnapping Unit (Ancar) of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) in Camp Karingal to formally lodge her complaint against the unidentified armed men.
Inspector Angelo Nicolas, QCPD Ancar chief, said the young lady identified herself as the daughter of Singson.
PO1 Michael Tuanquin, case investigator, said Singson still looked shocked and scared when she and her driver, Teresito Brinosa, gave their statement to Ancar investigators.
"She really looked terrified. She cannot even talk to us and provide the details of the incident," Tuanquin told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
According to Tuanquin, Brinosa was waiting for Singson inside her black Toyota Fortuner (ZLY 910) in front of the Jollibee branch at the corner of Scout De Guia and Tomas Morato Avenue in Barangay (Village) Laging Handa where she had just taken her breakfast around 6:20 a.m.
He said as Singson went inside her Toyota SUV, which had a "Kalinga" license plate at the front, three armed men suddenly appeared from nowhere and dragged her out of the vehicle.
He said the car thieves, who were armed with an M16 assault rifle and two 9mm pistols, also ordered Brinosa to get out of the SUV.
One of the assailants, who used ski masks to cover their face, whipped Brinosa's forehead with the armalite butt when he tried to ward off the car thieves.
Tuanquin said the armed men quickly boarded the vehicle and sped away.
Nicolas said the QCPD commander, Senior Supt. Magtanggol Gatdula, personally instructed him to ensure the swift resolution of the case and the immediate recovery of the stolen vehicle.
He said they have been conducting a follow-up operation together with elements of the police Highway Patrol Group in Central Luzon.
"We believe the Dominguez-Bonifacio group is behind this carjacking case," he said over the phone, referring to a group believed to be based in Central Luzon.
Quezon City, the biggest and most populous city in Metro Manila, is infamously known as the carnapping capital of the country.
A few weeks ago, a Filipino-Chinese businessman was shot and wounded by armed men who took his vehicle in the village of Mariana.
Despite these recent robberies, Nicolas said they have been able to bring down the number of car thefts in Quezon City by almost 70 percent.
From a monthly average of seven cases in 2007, he said Ancar recorded only two carnapping incidents a month in the first six months of this year.
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