Ua lawe pio ʻia nā mākaʻikaʻi Hong Kong ma Manila

MANILA, Philippines - Ua hopu aku kekahi makai i hoopauia me ka pu pu panapana i ka pahi ma ke kapikala o Pilipine i ka Poakahi me 25 mau ohua, o ka hapanui o lakou he poe makaikai no Hong Kong, no ke koi ana i kona hoihoi hou ia mai, wahi a ka makai.

ʻEono mau mea paʻa, me ʻekolu mau keiki, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma hope, a ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole i ʻeha.

Ua hoʻonoho ʻia nā mākaʻi kiʻi ʻoi aku ma kahi o ke kaʻa keʻokeʻo-uliuli-ʻulaʻula, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kahi kokoke i kahi pāka o ke kaona ʻo Manila, a ke hoʻomaka nei nā kūkākūkā e hoʻokuʻu aku i nā mea hoʻopaʻa i koe, wahi a ka hope luna hoʻomalu o ka mākaʻi Manila Alex Gutierrez.

ʻElua o nā mākaʻikaʻi Hong Kong, nā wahine ʻelua, ka mea mua i hoʻokuʻu ʻia, a ukali ʻia e ʻekolu mau keiki liʻiliʻi a me kahi wahine e hele pū ana me lākou, wahi a ka mākaʻi o Manila ʻo Rodolfo Magtibay. Ua hōʻike mua aku nā mākaʻi no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi mai South Korea akā ua hoʻoponopono iā lākou iho.

Ua haʻi aku ʻo Hong Thai Travel Services Ltd. Luna Nui ʻo Susanna Lau i ka Hong Kong's Cable TV e lawe ana ke kaʻa i kahi alakaʻi huakaʻi Hong Kong a me 20 mau mākaʻikaʻi - ʻekolu keiki a me 17 mau mākua - a me kahi alakaʻi huakaʻi kūloko.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua haʻalele ka hui i ʻAukake 20 no ka kipa ʻana i Manila a ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia e lele hoʻi i Hong Kong i ka Pōʻakahi.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Magtibay, ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe ma luna o ke kaʻa he ʻekolu mau Pilipino - he mea hoʻokele, he alakaʻi a he mea paʻi kiʻi.

ʻO ka mea lawe pio, i ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, 55, ua paʻa i ka pū M16. Ua koi ʻo ia e hoʻihoʻi ʻia kāna hana ma ka oihana makai i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana, wahi a Magtibay.

Ua holo ʻo Mendoza ma luna o ke kaʻa mai ke kūlanakauhale paʻa o Intramuros a laila "haʻi ʻo ia e lawe pio ana i ka poʻe holo kaʻa" i ka wā i hōʻea ai ke kaʻa i Jose Rizal Park ma ka ʻaoʻao o Manila Bay.

Aia ma ia wahi ka US Embassy a me kekahi mau hōkele.

Ua huki ʻia nā pale ma nā puka makani kaʻa a ua hōʻike ʻia nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni TV ola ʻelua mau mākaʻi kūkākūkā e hele ana a mai ke kaʻa a kamaʻilio pū me Mendoza mai ka pukaaniani kokoke i ka noho kaʻa.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Magtibay e hoʻohana pū ana lākou i ke kelepona o ka mea hoʻokele e kamaʻilio me Mendoza. Ua kōkua kekahi kaikunāne o Mendoza i nā mākaʻi i ke kūkākūkā ʻana, wahi a Magtibay.

"Pono mākou e hoʻoholo wikiwiki i kēia i ʻole e loaʻa ka hopena ākea," wahi a ke kākau ʻōlelo ʻo Alberto Lim.

Wahi a nā nūpepa nūpepa mai ka makahiki 2008, ʻo Mendoza kekahi o nā mākaʻi ʻelima i hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka pōā, ka hoʻoweliweli a me ka hoʻoweliweli nui ma hope o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o kahi chef hotel Manila i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā mākaʻi i hoʻopiʻi wahaheʻe iā ia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e ʻaihue kālā.

Ua ʻōlelo ke kaikaina o Mendoza, ʻo Gregorio, he mākaʻi hoʻi, ua manaʻo kona kaikunāne "ua hana ʻia ka hewa ma luna ona."

"Ua hoʻohoka ʻia ʻo ia i kāna hana maikaʻi ʻana i ka mākaʻi akā ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia no ka hewa āna i hana ʻole ai," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

I Malaki 2007, ʻaʻole mamao loa mai ka lawe pio ʻana i ka Pōʻakahi, ua lawe kekahi kanaka i kahi kaʻa kaʻa o nā keiki a me nā kumu i hoʻopaʻa paʻa ʻia mai kāna hale mālama lā ma Manila e hōʻino i ka palaho. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia lākou ma hope o 10 mau hola.