Filipino diplomat nasakpan nangawat ug Gucci perfume sa South Korea?

[pioneer]

Filipino diplomat caught shoplifting music player, Gucci perfume in South Korea?
By Pia Lee-Brago
The Philippine Star

A Filipino diplomat was allegedly caught on camera shoplifting at a duty free store inside a US military base in South Korea.

The Korea Herald, a leading daily in South Korea, said in a news report that the Filipino diplomat was caught shoplifting at the Yongsan Military Base PX (Post Exchange) shopping center.

The diplomat allegedly took a music player and a bottle of Gucci perfume last November but the incident was revealed only recently.

The suspect was only identified as someone from the Philippines. Because of the incident, United States Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Burwin Bell reportedly banned Filipino diplomats from using other Yongsan facilities.

The Herald said Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo secretly met with Base Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Sargeant at the sidelines of his official visit to Seoul last week to discuss the incident.

The report added that the US military was considering legal action against the Filipino diplomat.

Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Administration Franklin Ebdalin, however, said the Department of Foreign Affairs is not aware of the shoplifting incident involving a Filipino diplomat.

Ebdalin said the Home Office has not received a complaint from base authorities in South Korea.

A Filipino diplomat, who asked not to be named, said the report was “fabricated” and was part of a campaign to put the Philippine Embassy and officials of the diplomatic mission in a bad light.

“We’ve already asked for a copy of the tape but until now we haven’t received it,” the source said.

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[pioneer]

quoted: ...The suspect was only identified as someone from the Philippines. Because of the incident, United States Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Burwin Bell reportedly banned Filipino diplomats from using other Yongsan facilities...


Usa lang ang nangawat apan tanang Filipino ang naangin ug nadamay.





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[si makapuling]

that's how it is, mao gani na dapat, kitang mga pinoy sa abroad, maghinay hinay jud sa atong mga actiones and sinultian kay people base their judgement of our nation on us, we are the philippines kung baga. maayo na lang, na inig ka kaila nila nato, they will say ang mga pinoy diay mga buotan and maayo and smart (and gwapa!or gwapo) OR at least, when they meet us, they will change their previously held negative notions about noypi...
it's sad and frustrating really when most noypis abroad don't realize this

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[pioneer]

exactly, Riva.

when you're living abroad YOU ARE THE PHILIPPINES.

or if you live outside Bohol YOU ARE BOHOL.

epitome.

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[buenavista]

sad to say,mas daghan ang badlungon kaysa buotan.

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[MikeLigalig.com]

Every Filipino carries with him/her the image/reputation of the Philippines.

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[hubag bohol]

Hmm, was this allegation ever proven?



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[islander]

the "revival" of this tb thread made me curious, so i made a search.  here's what i found:

Diplomat denies shoplifting
By Pia Lee-Brago Friday, June 29, 2007

Ambassador to Seoul Susan Castrence denied yesterday allegations that she was caught shoplifting at a store inside a US military base in South Korea.

Quoting Castrence, Foreign Affairs spokesman Claro Cristobal said the article published in The Korea Herald must be referring to the time in November last year when she went to the PX Commissary at Yongsan Base to shop for Christmas gifts for her staff.

“While inside the duty free store, she also wanted to purchase a karaoke chip with children’s songs, not a karaoke machine as reported, for her granddaughter in Manila,” the DFA statement said.

“This was to be in addition to the one she brought with her to the store which she also purchased from the same place months earlier to make sure that there was no duplication.

“However, after finding out that there were no new children’s chips available, she returned her chip to her handbag. This must have been the moment caught by the camera which gave the impression of shoplifting.”

Castrence said she also went to the perfume section where she sprayed her wrist with a Gucci tester bottle, but decided not to buy one due to its prohibitive price.

“As the officer was just doing her job, she allowed her to look through her handbag where she found only the chip with a list of songs and no perfume,” she said.

Castrence said the alleged visit to the Philippine embassy by US base officials to show her the video never took place.

The embassy also reported that the diplomatic mission was informed that the non-renewal by the Hartell House of the membership of embassy personnel was a policy extended to all nationalities, not only to the Philippines.

“Castrence stated that she would not impair her reputation and that of her country for a mere karaoke chip,” read the DFA statement.

The DFA earlier instructed the Philippine embassy in Seoul to seek clarification from authorities of a US military base in South Korea on the alleged shoplifting incident involving a Filipino diplomat.

Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Franklin Ebdalin said yesterday the Home Office has directed the embassy to find out if the report in The Korea Herald is true.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo reportedly ordered the diplomatic mission to look into the incident.

Ebdalin said the DFA has not taken any action on the alleged shoplifting incident because there is no complaint from Yongsan military base authorities.

“ If you really have a complaint put it in writing,” he said.

“We don’t want to be recipient of anonymous and unsubstantiated complaints so we just dismiss it. We’ll take action if it’s true.” 


http://www.newsflash.org/

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[islander]

“While inside the duty free store, she also wanted to purchase a karaoke chip with children’s songs, not a karaoke machine as reported, for her granddaughter in Manila,” the DFA statement said.

“This was to be in addition to the one she brought with her to the store which she also purchased from the same place months earlier to make sure that there was no duplication.

“However, after finding out that there were no new children’s chips available, she returned her chip to her handbag. This must have been the moment caught by the camera which gave the impression of shoplifting.”

Castrence said she also went to the perfume section where she sprayed her wrist with a Gucci tester bottle, but decided not to buy one due to its prohibitive price.

“As the officer was just doing her job, she allowed her to look through her handbag where she found only the chip with a list of songs and no perfume,” she said.

Castrence said the alleged visit to the Philippine embassy by US base officials to show her the video never took place.

The embassy also reported that the diplomatic mission was informed that the non-renewal by the Hartell House of the membership of embassy personnel was a policy extended to all nationalities, not only to the Philippines.

“Castrence stated that she would not impair her reputation and that of her country for a mere karaoke chip,” read the DFA statement.

thus the other side speaks.  strange that the news item (the one at the beginning of this thread) came out 7 months after the alleged act.  but what damage a slant in facts can make.

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[hubag bohol]

Luoy jud tuod kon maoy mainteresan...

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