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Kidnapping of children on the rise
KARACHI - Cases of kidnapping of children have increased alarmingly in the country as more than 7,000 young children were reported kidnapped during 2011 with Karachi accounting for almost 40 per cent of abductions.
the cases to the authorities.The anti-crime group Citizens Action Against Crime (CAAC) lamented that kidnap gangs might become bolder this time, especially now that the death penalty has been scrapped. It said the only relatively 'bright' spot came last June 16 when police killed three members of the Waray-Waray gang in Caloocan City (Metro Manila) while rescuing trader Sonia Sanchez.
Two days before Sanchez was kidnapped, armed men kidnapped a 30-year-old Filipino-Chinese employee near her office. She was released on June 16 after her family allegedly paid ransom.
The third incident took place on June 7 when 60-year-old Augusto Lizan was abducted in front of his house in Navotas City. CAAC said Lizan was released on June 16 after his family paid ransom.
A fourth incident occurred on May 21 when armed men abducted two female siblings aged 28 and 15 in Mandaluyong City, also in Metro Manila. They were later released after their family paid ransom.
The CAAC's sister anti-crime group, Movement for the Restoration of Peace and Order, earlier had scored government for insisting on scrapping the death penalty, saying this has deprived kidnap victims and their relatives of a shot at justice.
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