The Hostage Situation in Manila (August 23, 2010 2:20 PM)

Sorry my hand is really shaky... newsinfo.inquirer.net Dismissed cop hijacks busload of tourists By Jeannette Andrade, Mynardo Macaraig Agence France-Presse, Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 11:09:00 08/23/2010 Filed Under: Crime, Transport, Road Transport MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE 4) A dismissed police captain on Monday took hostage a busload of Hong Kong (not Koreans as earlier reported) tourists at the Quirino grandstand. The armalite-wielding Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza is holding some 25 people aboard a Hong Thai travel bus with plate number TUU-799. Mendoza has posted a message on a piece of paper for the world to see: "Big mistake to correct a big wrong decision." It was not clear what he exactly meant by this, as police negotiators continued to work to convince Mendoza to let the hostages go. Negotiators have hooked up a phone line to the bus to facilitate negotiations with Mendoza. As of noon, a gallon of gasoline was seen being loaded into the air-conditioned tourist bus Hong-Thai, in which 22 Chinese nationals from Hong Kong and three Filipinos were held. Earlier, Mendoza released two women (who had asked to be allowed to go to the comfort room) and a woman, her two daughters, and her son into the care of Superintendent Orlando Yebra, one of those leading the negotiations. Yebra and Chief Inspector Romeo Salvador have taken the lead in the negotiations with the hostage taker. "We have never had anything like this before. We are very much concerned ...

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