CHINESE TRANSLATOR, 10 KOREANS FALL PREY TO THIEVES

BY KEVIN GALANG

A CHINESE translator and 10 South Korean nationals on Thursday were robbed of personal belongings while staying at Athletic Village in Capas, Tarlac.

The Capas police reported to Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Jose Hidalgo Jr. that the victims were Chinese translator Pan Hui, 33, of Beijing, China; and South Korean nationals Mun Hee Wan, Oh Seo Yeon, Ay Se Beom, Kim Yeong Nyoou, Kwon Sehyun, Park Jungju, Lee Jeong Min, Kim Sanha, Jung Ha Eun, and Jiho Seo Moon.

The 11 are temporarily staying at Building A Room A301, A541, A542, A543, A544, A546 and A547 of the Athletic Village, NCC in Bgy. Aranguren, Capas town.

According to the foreigners, they left their rooms around 7 a.m. on Thursday and returned at 12 p.m. on the same day. They found out that their personal belongings were missing, including a Netbook, an IPad, an Apple Pencil, a Nintendo, an Aipod Max, an Air pod Pro, Huawei Matebook and the P2,500 cash.

An investigation is underway.