The aftermath of the August 23 Philippines kidnapping of Hong Kong tourists

Many countries have listed the Philippines as a black tourist destination

As for the "ridiculous rescue" of the Philippine police, the world media continued to ridicule, while calling this incident "the national image of the Philippines" a tragedy.” Agence France-Presse said the incident will deepen the world's impression of this Southeast Asian country as a region of lawlessness, corruption and chaos. Some countries, including the United Kingdom and Nepal, have issued travel warnings for the Philippines.

The day after the incident, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region issued a black travel warning to the Philippines. Subsequently, six countries successively issued different levels of travel warnings to their citizens to travel to the Philippines. Former Philippine President Estrada canceled his trip to Hong Kong, saying, "It is unimaginable that even Nepal and Pakistan have issued travel warnings for the Philippines. In fact, not many tourists from these countries come to the Philippines, but they still issued travel warnings." He pointed out that the Philippine government will have to redouble its efforts to restore the international community's confidence in the Philippines.

In addition, travel agencies in various provinces and cities in mainland my country generally receive requests from tourists traveling to the Philippines to cancel their tours.

Hong Kong police investigate obstruction of Hong Kong people's march in the Philippines

Philippine President Aquino III ordered that the government's interdepartmental group "Incident Review Committee" (IRC) must submit a submission within three weeks Hostage incident investigation report. The President of the Philippines refused to allow the police to join the investigation team and was called on to maintain the independence of the investigation

Among the five original proposed team members, in addition to retaining the Minister of Justice and the Secretary of the Interior, Aquino refused to allow the National Police Chief Bersosa, the National The director of the Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the head of the internal audit department of the National Police served as members of the team, and were replaced by three representatives from private organizations, including Hong Yuhua, a well-known local "anti-crime fighter". The local anti-corruption voluntary organization VACC believes that an independent agency should investigate and invite representatives of the Hong Kong police to join in to prevent anyone from trying to cover up the truth.

The Acting Commissioner of Police of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Tsang Wai-hsiung, stated that seven Hong Kong police officers have participated in the investigation in Manila, Philippines, including boarding the tourist bus involved in the accident to collect evidence, interviewing relevant witnesses, and conducting ballistic examinations. . However, Philippine media reported that the local police prohibited Hong Kong forensic officers from boarding the tour bus to investigate and only allowed them to observe outside. Philippine media ABS-CBN quoted the Philippine police chief who led the investigation as saying that the investigation by the Philippine authorities must be completed before the Hong Kong police can investigate. It also said that they must obtain approval from the Philippine Department of Justice and the police before boarding the tour bus.

The Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Government emphasized that the Hong Kong police have obtained written authorization from the Philippine police to guarantee assistance, and the Chinese Embassy is assisting to obtain cooperation from the Philippine government. Lai Tung-kwok, deputy director of the Hong Kong Government's Security Bureau, said in a radio program on the 29th that he hopes to collect as detailed information as possible during the investigation and make the investigation report more complete by exchanging and sharing data with the Philippine authorities. Li Dongguo also said that when he went to Manila to assist the families of the victims, he felt that Philippine officials paid great attention to their requests.

Lai Tung-kwok said that the Hong Kong police have completed the autopsies of eight deceased people, especially three of the corpses that were not examined in the Philippines. Even if the five corpses have been dissected, it can still be observed what happened when the bullet entered the body. The extent of the trauma, the bullets and fragments on the body can also be examined in detail, and the police will later take statements from the surviving tour group members. In addition, Hong Kong media quoted the Philippine media ABS-CBN as reporting that the Philippine police changed their story and said that although the 50 bullet casings found on the tour bus were all fired from M16 rifles, they were not sure whether they were all fired by the gunman Mendoza's rifle, nor were they sure Were all eight Hong Kong residents shot dead by Mendoza?

On August 27, 2013, the Philippine police announced the preliminary investigation results of the incident, denying rumors of manslaughter of hostages, saying that all eight Hong Kong citizens were shot dead by the hijackers. Regarding the bloody incident in which Hong Kong tourists were robbed and killed in the Philippines, the Chinese central government has repeatedly stressed to the Philippines its position on a comprehensive and thorough investigation as soon as possible in the past few days. Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang also stated on the 28th that he would continue to follow up on the progress of the investigation with the Philippine government and had written to Aquino III requesting a comprehensive and professional investigation.

The hostage-taking incident by the Philippine Kangtai Group ended in bloodshed, causing extreme dissatisfaction among Hong Kong society with the handling methods of the Philippine government. All political parties in the Hong Kong Legislative Council jointly decided to call on citizens to take to the streets and launch the first cross-party demonstration on Sunday, the "first seven days" of the victims, regardless of party affiliation, just to send a message to the Philippine government: "deeply mourn the victims." Compatriots, we strongly demand that the Philippine government thoroughly investigate the incident and disclose the truth."

Dab Alliance for the Betterment of China, one of the sponsoring political parties, said that the parade will be held in the simplest form and the families of the victims and injured will not be invited. Nor will political party symbols be used. The conference will arrange for members to hold two pieces of black cloth with the words "deeply mourn the victims and strongly demand the Philippine government to thoroughly investigate the incident and disclose the truth" written in Chinese and English to lead the entire parade. Citizens are also expected to attend in black and white plain clothes. Members of the public are asked to avoid using racial slurs when attending events. The conference predicts that at least 50,000 citizens will participate in the parade.

According to Hong Kong media reports, a march demanding a thorough investigation of the Philippine hostage incident will march from Victoria Park to Chater Garden at 3 pm on Sunday.

Legislative Council Chairman Joseph Tsang will read out four major position demands for Legislative Council members to achieve political consciousness at the event, including urging the SAR government to strictly request the Philippine government to investigate the incident as soon as possible, and actively strive to directly participate in the relevant thorough investigation; and take measures as soon as possible and operations to provide comprehensive support to the injured, survivors and family members of the dead and injured; formulate a response mechanism for handling similar incidents in the future, and clearly define the SAR government’s negotiation channels and roles when Hong Kong people are involved in incidents overseas; and The tourism industry discussed relevant follow-up work.