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Monday, June 27, 2005
Editorial: Marohombsar must yield
THE City Council's sudden awareness of a crime spree in Cagayan de Oro may be laughable to some and utterly disappointing to others especially those who have been victimized by these criminals.
But at the very least they took cognizance of that fact and are coming up with a plateload of suggestions on how to resolve this.
As mentioned they raised the usual solutions like increased police visibility, equipment support and so on but then it is doubtful if they can implement these solutions immediately.
City Police Director Honorio Cervantes for his part dismissed this latest tirade by reiterating that the city is far from being a crime zone.
Aside from reasoning that he only assumed the post this year Cervantes can build a case that some of the more serious cases, like the kidnapping of Bulua fish trader Leonardo Agan, had eventually been resolved within this year.
Nevertheless the City Council's discussion of the crime spree comes into sharp focus in light of the recent murder of Dr. Cheryl Ilogon-Marohombsar.
Lately groups like the Kuratong Baleleng gang allegedly offered the Ilogon family their services by bringing in the suspect, Dr. Farouk Marohombsar either alive or dead--presumably dead because if one has to go by their reputation the likelihood of him being "killed" is very large indeed.
And that's where the city police authorities have to come in. Cervantes said it is likely that Marohombsar, the municipal health officer in Talisayan town is still in Cagayan de Oro though rumors still abound that he is in Lanao del Sur hiding perhaps with sympathizers.
In this regard it would probably be good if Cervantes taps anew the Muslim community in Cagayan de Oro in order to "negotiate" the surrender of Marohombsar.
Negotiate, as in, try to convince him to yield and make it easy on himself because practically he has only stealth and some sympathizers on his side to escape the long reaches of the law.
If what Cervantes said is true--that the Bureau of Immigration had been approached to issue a hold departure order on him then Marohombsar should yield immediately if what he said about his innocence of the crime is true.
Otherwise he's not only damaging his chances of being cleared of the crime, he's also causing more grief to the relatives of his wife.
Then again if the doctor is guilty then causing grief to the family is the least of his problems.
(June 27, 2005 issue)
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