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Philippine police has neither hostage negotiation unit nor manual: official
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September 6, 2010, Monday
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THE Philippine police has neither a dedicated negotiating team nor a manual on hostage taking crisis, the chief negotiator in the August 23 hostage crisis revealed in Monday's public hearing.
"Until this time, the Philippine National Police (PNP) does not have a negotiation unit," Superintendent Orlando Yebra told members of the Internal Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC).
"What we have is a manual in crisis management, hostage negotiation is only integrated there," he said.
Yebra's official post is chief of legal department of the Manila Police District. He attended several hostage-negotiating courses in the US.
Yebra admitted that they followed two different protocols during the hostage crisis.
"I have no idea what the other people are doing, the set-up is topsy-turvy. I was busy with negotiations," he said.
Yebra's testimony was heard in the third day of the public hearing conducted by the IIRC. The multi-sectoral body, chaired by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, was tasked to probe the hostage crisis that left eight tourists from Hong Kong dead.
"Until this time, the Philippine National Police (PNP) does not have a negotiation unit," Superintendent Orlando Yebra told members of the Internal Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC).
"What we have is a manual in crisis management, hostage negotiation is only integrated there," he said.
Yebra's official post is chief of legal department of the Manila Police District. He attended several hostage-negotiating courses in the US.
Yebra admitted that they followed two different protocols during the hostage crisis.
"I have no idea what the other people are doing, the set-up is topsy-turvy. I was busy with negotiations," he said.
Yebra's testimony was heard in the third day of the public hearing conducted by the IIRC. The multi-sectoral body, chaired by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, was tasked to probe the hostage crisis that left eight tourists from Hong Kong dead.
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