Airport passengers put stickers on baggage to thwart ‘tanim-bala’
Airport passengers put stickers on baggage to thwart ‘tanim-bala’
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – “Pangontra.”
Overseas Filipino workers and Filipino immigrants leaving via the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 gladly accepted and placed on their luggages the stickers that read “This bag is bullet-proof. #StopTanimBala.” They hope the stickers would repel any attempt to victimize thru laglag-bala.
The stickers were handed to them by members of Migrante Partylist.
The so-called “laglag-bala” or “tanim-bala” (planted bullet) scheme has shaken the country’s international airport, long listed as one of the worst airports in the world. In this scheme, bullets are inserted in bags of passengers allegedly by airport personnel as a means to extort money.
Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma responded to strong public outcry, especially among Filipino netizens, by saying that this was “just a few people.” Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda even appealed to the public “not to politicize the issue.”
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