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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 19 2013, 11:52 AM (522 Views) | |
| Pasta | Aug 19 2013, 11:52 AM Post #1 |
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The BBC and other western tombs certainly bombard us with all the middle east crap. No balance there and the news is driven mostly by the actions of a minority of idiots (albeit a large minority). There is this pleasure at criticizing little things at home whilst ignoring much bigger issues abroad. A big article on the detention of two journalists: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23750289 MPs are demanding explanations and are somewhat up in arms. OK maybe just a few. Well, a nine hour detention asking questions. Maybe there were reasons yet to be told but no torture, no false imprisonment, to extortion. In contrast, the British and American embassies in Manila and many international media have so far ignored pleas to report on an ongoing massive scheme by the Philippine Immigration Department to unlawfully imprison foreign nationals (often for months and sometimes involving torture and even death) as part of a criminal syndicate to extort money from foreigners. This goes right up to the top of the immigration department. It involves a huge amount of money. The following is a link to a mock up CNN article. It is not a CNN article nor does it purport to be, but asks readers to respond whether or not it should, on the surface, receive media coverage. http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1016390 The article includes testimonials and a description of how the scam works. |
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| H16 BRM | Aug 19 2013, 03:26 PM Post #2 |
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I can believe that this goes on. I'm glad I only visit the Philippines and do not have any residential visas. There is an interesting smaller scale scam at Manila airport my wife and I have fallen foul of. This involves confiscating cigarette lighters at the boarding gate AFTER going through at least 2 other security checks. I had a brand new Zippo lighter which I was informed had to be handed over. Naturally an argument ensued. I informed the security people that no doubt my lighter would be on sale somewhere the following day but I was told that all the lighters confiscated are destroyed. At this I offered to destroy my lighter right then and there and hand it over. This caused some confusion and in the end the security supervisor came across and gave me the lighter back, where upon I removed the flint and honour was saved all around! Back to your point about the journalist's partner being "held" at the airport. How can you be so naive as to expect to upset the governments of so many countries and just think that nothing will happen! What a bunch of imbeciles! No doubt the USA and several other states are waiting for them to get to immigration. I know I would be.
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