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| Tsuen Wan victim crying her heart out |
Two Filipina domestic workers fell victim to pickpockets
separately in Tsuen Wan and Central today, May 19, with at least one losing her
entire month’s salary, causing her to drop to the ground in grief.
A picture of the victim crying on a sidewalk near Nan Fung
Centre in Tsuen Wan was taken by a concerned Filipina, Bing Aquino Wallis, at
about 10 this morning. She posted it on Facebook, along with a warning to
others to be wary of pickpockets.
Wallis said in her post: “Nadatnan kong umiiyak at halos
maglupasay na si kabayan dahil nadukutan ng wallet ngayon lang, dito sa Tsuen
Wan, Nan Fung Center
She added the victim was incoherent and almost inconsolable
in grief that she did not have the heart to press her for more information.
She added, “Isa po syang Pangasinense. Hindi po naming
makausap ng maayos dahil sa iyak po niya. Kaya nung umalis ako doon di ko na
alam ang mga nangyari pa. Pero tumawag sila ng pulis.”
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Wallis said the victim’s bag had no zip closure so the thief would not have had much problem stealing her wallet.
A few hours afterwards, another Filipina reportedly lost her
wallet also to pickpockets, as she was lining up at a busy McDonald’s outlet on
Connaught Road
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| Central victim reports theft to police officers |
According to one of her friends, the victim she called
“Guv,” lost her wallet containing, money, her Hong Kong ID card, jewelry, and
many other stuff.
The friend, Mary Ann Salazar, posted a picture of the victim
talking to two police officers on an alley beside Worldwide Plaza
Salazar told another friend on Facebook that the victim
already had her bag in front of her body but still failed to prevent the theft.
The other friend replied: “Grabe naman yung kumuha noon, wag
sana sana
Pickpockets are known to abound in Central and other places
where foreign domestic workers congregate on Sundays, because of the busy
pedestrian traffic and congested walkways.
Many of them operate actively during the first Sunday of
each month, when most migrant workers have just received their salaries.
Some of the thefts have been caught on CCTV, but it appears the culprits, many of them women, have yet to be caught.
Some of the thefts have been caught on CCTV, but it appears the culprits, many of them women, have yet to be caught.
In court, several Filipino tourists have been found to have
worked together to steal from unsuspecting pedestrians, mostly in Central.
In the latest case, five Filipino tourists, three of them
women, were each sentenced at the District Court on May 14 to two years in jail
for trying to pick the wallet of a Korean woman on an escalator inside Central MTR station last year.
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