{"id":317,"date":"2009-09-09T04:42:18","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T18:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=317"},"modified":"2009-09-09T04:42:18","modified_gmt":"2009-09-08T18:42:18","slug":"rape-on-board-an-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=317","title":{"rendered":"Rape on board an aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" \/><meta name=\"ProgId\" content=\"Word.Document\" \/><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" \/><meta name=\"Originator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" \/>\n<link href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cdino%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\" rel=\"File-List\" \/><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"place\" downloadurl=\"http:\/\/www.5iantlavalamp.com\/\"><\/o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"City\" downloadurl=\"http:\/\/www.5iamas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\"><\/o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:WordDocument>   <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>   <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:PunctuationKerning\/>   <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>   <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>   <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>   <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>   <w:Compatibility>    <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>    <w:SnapToGridInCell\/>    <w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>    <w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>    <w:DontGrowAutofit\/>   <\/w:Compatibility>   <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">  <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object  classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/object> \n\n<style> st1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><\/p>\n<style> <!--  \/* Font Definitions *\/  @font-face \t{font-family:\"Arial Narrow\"; \tpanose-1:2 11 5 6 2 2 2 3 2 4; \tmso-font-charset:0; \tmso-generic-font-family:swiss; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;}  \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin:0cm; \tmargin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink \t{color:blue; \ttext-decoration:underline; \ttext-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed \t{color:purple; \ttext-decoration:underline; \ttext-underline:single;} p.ecmsonormal, li.ecmsonormal, div.ecmsonormal \t{mso-style-name:ec_msonormal; \tmso-margin-top-alt:auto; \tmargin-right:0cm; \tmso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; \tmargin-left:0cm; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";} @page Section1 \t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt; \tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; \tmso-header-margin:36.0pt; \tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 \t{page:Section1;} --> <\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]> \n\n<style>  \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0cm; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:#0400; \tmso-fareast-language:#0400; \tmso-bidi-language:#0400;} <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\">Actually, there are a lot of Saudi (Arabian) rape and abuse cases reported in\u00a0newspapers. Their government will protect their own citizens and usually turn a blind eye towards the victims (who are mostly foreigners) or even jail them for\u00a0supposedly making false accusations. \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\">The most horrific incident has recently occurred on an Emirates Airlines\u00a0and the culprits have gotten away with it. The worst thing about this\u00a0case is that this is the 4th case to have happened on this airline.\u00a0During the Christmas of 2005, Emirates Airlines made it&#8217;s regular flight\u00a0from <st1:city w:st=\"on\">Dubai<\/st1:city> to <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:city w:st=\"on\">Manila<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>.\u00a0 However, after 4 hours into the flight, most passengers were sleeping or dozing off. A man approached a lady who was alone and\u00a0asked her to assist his child in the bathroom. Not thinking much, the lady followed the gentleman to the rear of the plane.\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\">Immediately she was grabbed by the man&#8217;s 3 accomplices who\u00a0gagged and taped her mouth and then went on to rape her in the back area\u00a0of the aircraft and while 2 kept watch, 2 others molested and raped her.\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\">After they all had a turn, they forced her to drink a drug-laced\u00a0drink and escorted her to her seat. She was knocked off until she arrived in <st1:city w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Manila<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> by which time the 4 men had disembarked and gotten away.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\">This is a repeat case of the same thing that happened on a flight from\u00a0<st1:city w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Dubai<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> to Mumbai on Emirates Airline. The Emirates staff is aware of\u00a0this but whenever the staff suspects some incident taking place, they avoid going to the back of the plane. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\">However the worst case of a rape victim on an Emirates flight happened during a\u00a0flight from <st1:city w:st=\"on\">Bangkok<\/st1:city> to <st1:city w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Dubai<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\">The lady was not only raped on board but\u00a0she was taken thru immigration into <st1:city w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Dubai<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> and was raped for several days and\u00a0then later on sold (as slave) to the underground.\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\">PAULINE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0HIDALGO\u00a0 LAZARO<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><br \/>\nMarketing Officer<br \/>\nPHILIPPINE TOURISM OFFICE<br \/>\n400 Orchard\u00a0 Road , 13-08 Orchard Towers<br \/>\nSingapore 238875<br \/>\nTel:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(65)\u00a0 6738-7165<br \/>\nFax:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(65)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a06738-2604<br \/>\nMobile :\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(65)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09863-4955<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"http:\/\/hk.mc654.mail.yahoo.com\/mc\/compose?to=pauline_lazaro@yahoo.com.sg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/hk.mc654.mail.yahoo.com\/mc\/compose?to=pauline_lazaro@yahoo.com.sg\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; text-decoration: none\">pauline_lazaro@yahoo.com.sg<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actually, there are a lot of Saudi (Arabian) rape and abuse cases reported in\u00a0newspapers. 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