ANGELES CITY – “A woman told us: ‘This is war. These walls will stay until Cruz die’.”
Thus said a crying Korean woman as she and 10 other compatriots, including six children, were allowed to leave the Royal Garden Golf and Country Club (RGGCC) in Barangay Cutcut here late Tuesday afternoon after being entrapped in the estate for some 40 hours.
The Koreans were able to leave the estate only after staffers of the Commission on Human Rights were allowed by security guards of Neplum Inc. to fetch them. The CHR sought permission directly at the Neplum office before they were allowed in.
Soon Young Tanhueco, 45, described the woman as “prominent-looking Filipina with short hair and white complexion.”
Soon, who has a house at the RGGCC with her Filipino husband and three children, were disallowed to leave the golf course after the Nepomuceno family constructed two concrete walls blocking the passage leading to the RGGCC at the wee hours of January 17.
“This wall will last forever,” Soon said the woman told her right in front of her house inside the RGGCC.
Soon disclosed that two males accompanied the woman in “harassing” her.
“I was afraid for me and my family,” said Soon as she had to leave the golf course to get prescription medicine medicine and food supplies for her family. More than 20 security guards and personnel were manning the area preventing people to enter or leave the 18-hole golf course at boundary of this city and Porac.
The CHR led by Atty. Alex Sitchon arrived at the RGGCC owned by Ruperto “Perto” Cruz to investigate the standoff at about lunchtime Monday. They asked guards to allow the passage of Soon and her companions.
The MTC guards told Sitchon and two other CHR personnel that they could get permission from the Neplum office located in the same village but took about 15 minutes to reach the area from the RGGCC, it was learned.
Earlier Tuesday, a 76-year-old Korean woman identified as Kong Hakbun and her son, Kong Rack Yun, were allowed to leave the RGGCC assisted by police sent by City Police Director Sr. Supt. Danilo Bautista. They were billeted in a villa at the RGGCC when since July 17.
Thus said a crying Korean woman as she and 10 other compatriots, including six children, were allowed to leave the Royal Garden Golf and Country Club (RGGCC) in Barangay Cutcut here late Tuesday afternoon after being entrapped in the estate for some 40 hours.
The Koreans were able to leave the estate only after staffers of the Commission on Human Rights were allowed by security guards of Neplum Inc. to fetch them. The CHR sought permission directly at the Neplum office before they were allowed in.
Soon Young Tanhueco, 45, described the woman as “prominent-looking Filipina with short hair and white complexion.”
Soon, who has a house at the RGGCC with her Filipino husband and three children, were disallowed to leave the golf course after the Nepomuceno family constructed two concrete walls blocking the passage leading to the RGGCC at the wee hours of January 17.
“This wall will last forever,” Soon said the woman told her right in front of her house inside the RGGCC.
Soon disclosed that two males accompanied the woman in “harassing” her.
“I was afraid for me and my family,” said Soon as she had to leave the golf course to get prescription medicine medicine and food supplies for her family. More than 20 security guards and personnel were manning the area preventing people to enter or leave the 18-hole golf course at boundary of this city and Porac.
The CHR led by Atty. Alex Sitchon arrived at the RGGCC owned by Ruperto “Perto” Cruz to investigate the standoff at about lunchtime Monday. They asked guards to allow the passage of Soon and her companions.
The MTC guards told Sitchon and two other CHR personnel that they could get permission from the Neplum office located in the same village but took about 15 minutes to reach the area from the RGGCC, it was learned.
Earlier Tuesday, a 76-year-old Korean woman identified as Kong Hakbun and her son, Kong Rack Yun, were allowed to leave the RGGCC assisted by police sent by City Police Director Sr. Supt. Danilo Bautista. They were billeted in a villa at the RGGCC when since July 17.
