Case of ABS-CBN newscaster Ted Failon turning into overkill?

Apr 18 2009 Published by Joey Alarilla under Media

That’s the question being posed by the banner story on INQUIRER.net.

Here’s an excerpt.

Is the Ted Failon case turning into a police overkill? Even the Philippine National Police (PNP) believes it to be so.

The PNP Internal Affairs Service (PNP-IAS) has begun an investigation into the excessive force employed by Quezon City police in arresting ABS-CBN news anchor Ted Failon’s in-laws and household staff in connection with the shooting of Failon’s wife.

Meanwhile, the QC police chief admitted that the cops might have used excessive force, according to this abs-cbnNews.com story.

“Accordingly when I saw the video, it would appear that there was an excessive use of force on the part of the [arresting officers],” Senior Superintendent Elmo San Diego, QCPD chief, told ABS-CBN News Channel.

San Diego said he had ordered the relief of Senior Inspector Rorberto Razon, Senior Police Officer 3 Jose Fernandez and Police Officers 2 Andy Salonga and Reno Riparip, who picked up the siblings of the late Trinidad Arteche-Etong — Pamela Arteche-Trinchera and Maximo Arteche.

Personally, I believe this tragedy has turned into a media circus, and for one my wife and I can’t understand why the cops had to take Trinidad’s kin into custody shortly before she died. Come on, it’s basic human decency — couldn’t the cops wait to invite them for questioning, and allow them to be with Trinidad in her last moments?

How about you, do you feel the police is guilty of overkill?

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(Updated) ABS-CBN newscaster Ted Failon’s wife passes away

Apr 16 2009 Published by Joey Alarilla under Media

Trinidad Arteche-Etong, wife of ABS-CBN newscaster Ted Failon (whose real name is Mario Teodoro Failon Etong), has passed away, abs-cbnNews.com reported.

According to another abs-cbnNews.com report, four of her relatives were taken into custody for questioning shortly before she was pronounced dead.

Click on my previous blog post for more details on the shooting incident.

Let’s pray for her.

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ABS-CBN broadcaster Ted Failon’s wife shot in the head

Apr 16 2009 Published by Joey Alarilla under Media

I was shocked to hear about the shooting incident yesterday at the house of ABS-CBN’s Ted Failon, which has left his wife in critical condition.

Failon was arrested at 12 midnight for allegedly tampering with the evidence.

Here’s an excerpt from the INQUIRER.net Breaking News story.

“[Senior Supt. Franklin Moises] Mabanag said it had not been established if Failon (born Mario Teodoro Failon Etong) was involved but that foul play was not being ruled out.

“We found inconsistencies in his statement and the statement of the maid,” said Mabanag, chief of the QC CIDU. Failon ordered that the bathroom where his bloodied wife was found be cleaned, he said.

And here’s a story on the daughter of Failon claiming that her mom had tried to commit suicide.

Excerpt from the INQUIRER.net Breaking News story.

Amid speculations that news anchor Ted Failon, Teodoro Etong in real life, shot his wife, their daughter on Thursday said her mother tried to kill herself due to financial problems.

“It was a self-inflicted incident. My mother tried to commit suicide by shooting herself in the head,” said Kaye Etong in an interview over dzMM.

What really happened? Hope the investigation will clear things up as soon as possible, and that the culprit/s will not go unpunished.

Here’s an INQUIRER.net VDO clip on the Scene of the Crime Operatives team probing the shooting incident.

(Note: I’ve removed the embedded video. The embed code for the video doesn’t seem to be working as it’s now showing a different video, so kindly just click on the link to the clip.)

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