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By KEVIN A. LAGUNDA and OSCAR C. PINEDA


A 16-YEAR-OLD girl who feared that her sisters might be the next victims reported to the police that an American senior citizen forced her to have sex with him in June last year.

Her complaint led to the arrest last Wednesday night of Harold Glover, 69, in his rented house in Barangay Taytayan, Bogo City.

Courtney (not her real name) said that a recruiter convinced her to meet Glover during her birthday last year, saying he would only touch her, nothing more. She needed some money to get school supplies, the girl told the Children’s Legal Bureau (CLB).

Instead, the man allegedly forced himself on her.

This week, the girl agreed to meet with him again. But the American, a former security officer who has reportedly been living in the country for 10 years, didn’t know she would be arriving with a team of law enforcers and anti-trafficking campaigners.

Courtney and three 15-year-old girls were rescued by the police, CLB and Provincial Children and Women’s Commission.

Chief Insp. Richard Oliver, Bogo City police chief, said they will file complaints against Glover for violating the laws against human trafficking, child pornography and child abuse.

“Based on our initial inspection, on his cellular phone there were videos of the subject having sex with minors,” Oliver said.

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Not OK

Courtney told the police that her parents learned about her experience last December. Her mother destroyed her cellular phone and Courtney stopped going to Glover’s place.

After she bought a new phone, Glover allegedly communicated with her again last month.

The recruiter, who lives in the same neighborhood as the girls, will also be made to face criminal complaints.

“It’s a sad reality that the children of these ages are exposed to this kind of vulnerability,” Truya-Abarientos said. “Their parents cannot give them money to buy school supplies, naningkamot sila sa ilang kaugalingon nga makakuha og kwarta (so they do what they can, on their own, to make some money).”

Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale, who co-chairs the Provincial Children and Women’s Commission, said that the four girls will be debriefed and assisted.

“We are telling the community that trafficking is not OK in any community here in Cebu,” said the CLB spokesperson.


Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on June 05, 2015.

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Hmm, kini si Harold, di ba kaha ni siya paryente ni Danny...




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