Kidnapped daughter of Palawan broadcaster rescued

PALAWAN, Philippines – Police are pursuing the kidnappers of a daughter of a Palawan-based radio commentator, who was rescued by a joint police-military team 9 hours after she was seized in front of her school last Thursday.
Rowena Paraan, executive coordinator of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), said the 17-year-old daughter of dyEZ broadcaster Louie Larroza was snatched before 10 a.m. Thursday in front of the Palawan State University, where she is a Hotel and Restaurant Management student.
Paraan said the girl was having her report photocopied when unidentified men seized and forced her into a black van.
She was rescued at around 7 p.m. in a secluded portion of Manalo Street in the Puerto Princesa City proper.
The victim, police said, was able to hide a Globe phone from her abductors and send text messages to her mother.
Operatives set up checkpoints at the barangay where the signal from her phone line was traced.
In an interview with local reporters, Larroza said the kidnapping should be a warning for him to stop his broadcasts.
Police, meanwhile, have yet to identify the suspects and the mastermind behind the kidnapping.

by Arnell Ozaeta, ABS-CBN Southern Tagalog