Where human life is very cheap
The nationally televised bus hijack and hostage drama in Manila ended on the same day it began on Monday (23rd August) with the death of eight Chinese tourists from Hong Kong and the hostage-taker, a dismissed police officer. What could you expect? Not only is the police force blighted by corruption and ineptitude. In Asia’s only Christian country, there is an incredibly low regard for human life as underscored by the string of local sea accidents, not least the 1987 Doña Paz ferry tragedy. (more…)
