Two Chinese nationals were arrested for trying to bribe police officers in exchange for the release of Philippine offshore gaming operator workers, who were earlier arrested in a prostitution den in Makati City, the National Capital Region Police Office said on Wednesday.
Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, NCRPO chief, identified the suspects as Zhang Xiuquang and Fan Jianping, who approached and negotiated with Maj. Gideon Ines Jr., head of Station Investigation and Detective Management of the Makati City Police, by offering P1.7 million to persuade them against filing charges.
In a report, the two suspects pulled out a huge amount of bribe money in Ines’ office, prompting police officers to arrest them.
“This serves as an opportunity to protect the good name of the organization by eliminating suspicions and speculations and these are the kind of policemen that we need to show our people that they can be trusted and that not all policemen are corrupt,” Eleazar said.
