The shadow of the hostages in the Philippines twelve years ago

Titus 2021-11-16 08:01:26

Recently, there have been many public incidents with casualties, such as the air crash in Yichun and the fire at Wanda Plaza. However, due to the excitement of Chinese public opinion in Hong Kong and the world, the most eye-catching incident is the 8.23 ​​incident of the Philippines hijacking Hong Kong tourists. After the rescue operation 8 The serious consequences of the deaths and 6 injuries caused the Philippine police to be ashamed. Afterwards, the Philippine President’s weird sneer and the group photo of the Filipino students in front of the bus made the entire country of the Philippines become the target of the Chinese world, and then there was Jackie Chan’s

incident ... Looking back on the incident. The motive of the offender is quite clear. The 55-year-old former Philippine policeman Rolando Mendoza who hijacked the tourist bus was imprisoned for 3 months for extorting and illegally detaining others in 2008, so that he lost it. In addition to work and all the benefits after retirement, Qian Mendoza was busy reversing the case after he was fired. However, due to the long wait for the retrial, Mendoza became impatient, so he finally decided to solve the problem by taking hostages. After his request for reinstatement was rejected by the government, the situation of the incident suddenly dropped. After he shot, the Philippine police launched a storm, which eventually caused an irreparable tragedy.

In order to prove his innocence in taking hostages, the former policeman who understood the police’s methods hoped to give himself justice. Then it was accompanied by the incompetent police attack and the hostage’s deaths and injuries. This process sounds so familiar. "Reprint."

"Ace vs. Ace", a 1998 American blockbuster. When Danny, a negotiator played by Samuel Jackson, was in a smooth life, he was caught off guard by the sudden turn of events. His partner was detained on suspicion of embezzling public funds, but was brutally killed at the police station. Danny, who rushed to the scene the first time, was naturally the biggest suspect. When he was convinced that someone in the police station was looking for him as a substitute for the dead, and he couldn't argue with it, he took the risk and kidnapped a group of important people, including the chief, and wanted to clear his charge through dialogue with the police.

The spoiler is so high that such a high synchronization rate is already amazing, and then the incompetent police attack also appeared in the film, causing hostage casualties. The robbers did not want to take the hostages to death, but very To a large extent showed concern for the hostages. The desperate police only wanted to use this method to wash themselves off the charges, but unfortunately the ending was not similar. There is no wise and brave negotiator Spean, and there is no remaining hostages to retreat. , The conspiracy theory has not been solved, only the passion of 80,000 Hong Kong people in the parade is left.

What’s even more incredible is that in the comparison between the movie and reality during this period of time spanning 12 years, a relative who is important to the robbers appeared. Danny’s wife’s role in the resolution of the incident is self-evident. Although he failed to communicate with her husband, just letting Danny know about his wife's existence was a significant move. Compared with the Philippine hostage incident, the brother of the robber acted as a liaison between him and the police. However, the Philippine police later suspected that he had informed Mendoza, so they arrested Gregorio at about 6 in the evening. Knowing of this change, Doza suddenly became emotional, and the situation began to take a turn for the worse. This move that still seems to be considered so far undoubtedly laid the groundwork for the final irreversibility.

In "Ace vs. Ace", Danny and Spinn staged a show about the loyalty between men. That distant trust finally helped him to wash away his grievances and prove his innocence. Danny's speech was also true while capturing people's hearts. The conversation between the pair of snipers during the first assault was even more touching. They had a chance to kill Danny, but they didn't do so. "Negative sir, I can not take the shoot", "Neither I", one person and one decisive sentence, has shocking power.

The hostage incident in the Philippines is naturally not as artistic as the movie. There is no wise negotiator to stand up before the crisis. No one can thoroughly investigate whether this is a conspiracy theory or an outright unreasonable request in such a short period of time. This is a letter from the government. The letter of refusal even pushed the situation to a dead end.

After 11 hours of confrontation, the robber was shot to death, but unlike the unfinished thoughts left after the movie ended, the hustle and bustle left by the real event is still far from dissipated. What is the truth, what is the Philippines’ explanation, and why it arbitrarily refused to robbery. The request of the crime, whether there is anything hidden behind the incident, there is still too much to be discovered behind this story, and the reality is always more cruel than the movie.

It has nothing to do with the movie. It is just for the excitement of the Philippines and the nation on the Internet. I would like to quote from the Hong Kong "Ming Pao" on the 29th, Li Yingquan, a survivor of the Manila hostage-taking incident, said.

"After returning to Hong Kong, I know that there have been a lot of anti-Philippine remarks in Hong Kong in the past few days. Some people on the Internet said that all Filipino domestic helpers would be driven away, and the Philippines immediately fell into economic difficulties as a retaliation, and some Filipino domestic helpers were abused on the street. The word "slave country, servant country" came to be the code name of the Philippines. I understand the public's anger at the incompetence of the Philippine government and police, and I have personally experienced it, but what does this have to do with the Philippine people? Have we all forgotten the taste of being discriminated against? Hong Kong was once a society that was colonized for a long time. The Chinese were discriminated against by the so-called "masters" in terms of system and life. Now some Hong Kong people are richly proclaimed, "We are pleased to be more Filipinos, and we are the elders. It’s really shocking to blame the Filipino domestic servants who have nothing to do with the hostage-taking incident with the attitude of a slave-owner that "hiring you is a favor, but you dare to commit the crime." The Filipino servants are obviously the victims of their incompetent government. It is precisely because the government is unable to feed the people that countless Filipino women have to leave their homes and leave their children to take care of other people’s children under the fence. Why are Filipino servants in Hong Kong? Instead, become a scapegoat for the incompetent government? Why do some Hong Kong people become racists while griefing? It is also difficult to understand that the Hong Kong government announced at the same time that it would continue to freeze the salaries of foreign domestic helpers, including Filipino domestic helpers, so that foreign domestic helpers would not be able to share the fruits of the economic improvement. Is this our government fishing in troubled waters? Can the government openly review the standards and mechanisms of foreign domestic helpers' pay? These actions at this time give people the feeling that the government has to punish foreign domestic helpers, and it will not help to eliminate the sentiment of the Filipinos. A friend quoted Lu Xun's words: the brave are angry, and draw the blade to the stronger; the timid are angry, but the blade is turned to the weaker. Are Hong Kong people the shy people who only attack the weak? "--- "Just for the dead and injured, don't draw the edge to the weak"

survivors will always speak much more force than those of us bystanders. Calmness will also help us see and understand the truth of the incident. May the dead Rest in peace, the living is strong.

2010.08.30 Wuxi



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