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MANILA (AFP) - Philippine authorities have ordered the arrest of ten policemen accused of kidnapping four South Korean tourists in a plot involving their countrymen tour guides, the Manila City government said on Monday.
The capital's mayor, Mr Alfredo Lim, also ordered that the 10 be dropped from police rolls after they went into hiding on Feb 14, around the time the kidnapping incident occurred.
'The incident is a tremendous and serious flaw on the good name of the police department,' a statement issued by Mayor Lim's office said.
The order came after a South Korean tourist guide was arrested in his home country last week for allegedly conspiring with the Filipino police officers in the abduction.
- http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_768744.html
The capital's mayor, Mr Alfredo Lim, also ordered that the 10 be dropped from police rolls after they went into hiding on Feb 14, around the time the kidnapping incident occurred.
'The incident is a tremendous and serious flaw on the good name of the police department,' a statement issued by Mayor Lim's office said.
The order came after a South Korean tourist guide was arrested in his home country last week for allegedly conspiring with the Filipino police officers in the abduction.
- http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_768744.html