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Ping Lacson to Authorities: Recover and Return Ransom Money in Anson Que Kidnap-Slay

Authorities must not only recover – but also return – the ransom money in the kidnap-slay of Chinese Filipino trader Anson Que and his driver Armanie Pabillo, former Senator and Philippine National Police Chief and 2025 senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson stressed Tuesday.

Lacson said this will further help the PNP regain the trust and confidence of the public, especially the Chinese Filipino community.

He also pointed out the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) will have a key role in this since the ransom payment in recent cases has become more sophisticated and involves e-wallets.

“Recovering even a portion of the ransom money and returning the same to the victim’s family will further help the PNP regain the trust and confidence of the public,” he said on his X account.

“If you don’t recover the ransom money, yet you have arrested the suspects, what will the victim’s family and the Chinese Filipino community think? Where is the ransom money? There should be ransom recovered since you arrested the suspects,” he added in Filipino, in television interviews on One News and NET25.

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Ping Lacson to PNP: Show Integrity, Consistency in Solving Kidnap Cases to Regain Public Trust

Show results in solving kidnap-for-ransom (KFR) cases, and do it with integrity and consistency.

This was the formula put forth Thursday by former Senator and Philippine National Police chief and 2025 senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson for law enforcers to regain the public’s trust amid a recent spate of KFR incidents.

Lacson, who solved several KFR cases as head of the then Presidential Anti-Crime Commission Task Force Habagat, said it is up to the PNP to work hard and intensify its intelligence and investigative capabilities to catch the kidnappers and bring them to justice.

“Our police should show results. Otherwise, future victims will be more afraid, thinking about what happened to the last victim. The fear factor is very important, as is the trust of the community and potential victims in our authorities,” he said in Filipino, in an interview on Bilyonaryo News Channel.

Related: Ping Lacson sa PNP: Integrity, Consistency Susi sa Paglutas ng Kidnap Cases at Makuha Uli ang Tiwala ng Publiko

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Setting the record straight [Malaya Business Insight]

To Malaya Business Insight: I wish to set the record straight regarding some points in Mr. Dody Lacuna’s October 3, 2023 column in Malaya Business-Insight, particularly where he mentioned some “details” of the kidnapping of Meneleo Carlos in 1994.

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Paano Nasugpo Ni Lacson Ang Talamak na Kidnapping sa Cebu?

Bago pa man siya nakilalang “pork hunter” ng Senado, kinatatakutan na kalaban si Panfilo “Ping” Lacson ng mga kidnap-for-ransom gangs – hindi lamang sa Metro Manila, kundi pati na rin sa Cebu.

Inaalala ni campaign spokesperson Ashley Acedillo kung paano namangha ang mga Cebuano sa pamamahala ni Lacson sa Metropolitan District Command ng Philippine Constabulary sa Cebu noong 1980s.

“Maybe the newer generation of Cebuanos were too young to remember that kidnapping was once a dreaded scourge in Cebu. It was only a certain Police Colonel Ping Lacson who turned the tables and became the scourge of the kidnappers,” ani Acedillo na lumaki sa Cebu.

Related: How Lacson Struck Fear Into the Hearts of Kidnappers Victimizing Cebuanos
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How Lacson Struck Fear Into the Hearts of Kidnappers Victimizing Cebuanos

Before he became the “pork hunter” of the Senate, Panfilo “Ping” Lacson was the scourge of kidnap-for-ransom gangs – not only in Metro Manila, but in Cebu.

Campaign spokesperson Ashley Acedillo recalled how Cebuanos were in awe of Lacson when he headed the Philippine Constabulary’s Metropolitan District Command in Cebu in the late 1980s.

“Maybe the newer generation of Cebuanos were too young to remember that kidnapping was once a dreaded scourge in Cebu. It was only a certain Police Colonel Ping Lacson who turned the tables and became the scourge of the kidnappers,” said Acedillo, who grew up in Cebu.

Related: Paano Nasugpo Ni Lacson Ang Talamak na Kidnapping sa Cebu?
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