CARNAPPED PAJERO, TMG and LTO

[Tandem]

Guys,

Just in case, be on the look out for a Charcoal Gray (Black) Pajero with Plate No. RBX 221. This vehicle has been carnapped. A friend of mine parked under a street light in Makati on March 6, 2006. The vehicle was last checked at 1am of that day and was noticed that it was missing at 4am, of the same day (so in a span of three hours the car was carnapped despite it having that pedal to steering wheel lock).

After having the incident reported at the Makati Central Police Station, we reported the incident at the Special Operations Division (Limbas) of the TMG in Camp Crame. After complying with the requirements to raise a Nationwide alarm on the vehicle, we were instructed to file with the LTO a request for holding any transaction involving the said vehicle.

After experiencing sadness that comes with the loss of a car, this is where it gets frustrating, upon clarifying with the TMG regarding the request and being instructed that we should personally file the request with the request-letter coming from the owner of the missing vehicle, we the proceeded to the Investigation Division of the LTO in East Ave to file the request. HOWEVER, we were informed by the LTO that it should be the TMG who should file the request (office-to-office request). This is to avoid alarms being raised that were false or ill-motivated. While at the LTO, we called up the TMG and berated them for their lack of knowledge regarding protocol. Ang sagot ng taga TMG "Di po namin alam yung patakaran na iyan". What the **** kind of excuse is that???

Nawalan ka na nga ng sasakyan, tatanga tanga pa yung mga authorities!!!

Forgive my language, but it has been very frustrating and saddening these past few days for my friend and also for myself.

Again here are the details of the missing vehicle:
DESCRIPTION:
MITSUBISHI PAJERO 2.8 5 DR 4X4 A/T 1993
(Imported from Subic, bubble top)

COLOR: (Two tone)
CHARCOAL GRAY (Black)/SILVER

ENGINE NO:
4M40-AD3443

CHASSIS NO:
V46-3001522

PLATE NO:
RBX 221

More Power to you guys and DEATH TO ALL CARNAPPERS!!!

[jim]

what the heck is going on with TMG not knowing protocol????

I hope your friend's Paj will be recovered. Yeah to HELL with carnappers and to JAIL to those TMG operatives who don't know the difference between an Altis and Vios (napunta tuloy galit ko dito sa thread na ito) grrrrrrrrrrrr..........

[Tandem]

Jim,

I hope so too that my friend gets to recover her Pajero.

Yeah, I agree with you re jail terms for those idiots who don't know the difference between an altis and a vios. Thank God they were also as inept with their firearms that the driver of the vios did not die.

I also forgot to mention, on Monday alone, after filing our initial report with the TMG, 14 vehicles were already listed in their logbook as having been stolen and that carnapping was again on the rise, so ingat na lang tayo.

[pajerokid]

I sympathize Tandem, I hope justice is done soon.

[team_PONGLAI_11]

sad to hear the news.

anong klaseng public service meron dyan sa tmg, lto?????

hope ma recover yung paj ng friend mo...

[greenlyt]

with the way things are going sa TMG...... d na kataka-taka yan

[attic_dude]

yikes! akala ko ba mga bagong auto lang yung mainit sa mata ng mga carnappers. nakakatakot naman.

[odell]

sorry to hear about that.. hirap talaga macarnapan... dito pa sa pinas..

kahit anu tinitira na sa hirap ng buhay ngayon...

[boybi]

pati pala subic cars nacacarnap na rin?

[ILuvDetailing]

di alam ang protocol? Di ba sila na-train sa diyan? sabagay di nila alam yung pagkakaiba ng altis at vios... incompetent people!

[Psalm136:2]

Dapat isali na sa heinous crimes ang carnapping at carjacking.

[RakataK]

Dapat isali na sa heinous crimes ang carnapping at carjacking.

Pati katangahan at kabobohan tang ^%$$^% mga tga TMG.

[quiksie]

nowadays police are very much not reliable because they lack the knowledge, skill and judgment when they are doing their jobs.

tsk tsk tsk, sana marecover na po pajero ng friend niyo.
I remember there was one time meron din nacarnappan diyan sa makati. Pinark din sa streets tapos nawala din

[falken]

Di na nahiya yung lintik na yon, di alam ang sariling trabaho! Baka hindi ka nagbigay ng pangkape? Kaya sinadyang ikaw ang pinapunta sa LTO.

[john_magbanua]

tsk tsk tsk bad reputation na nga eh magpapakita pang totoo pala.

sana marecover asap ang pajero ng friend mo. hirap ngayon lahat na lang pinapatolan.

[umzzzzz]

man, after reading this and the one regarding the mistaken car...i fully understand now that the Philippines is really a jungle with a carnival as its government. survival of the fittest ito mga tsong. those who have guns aren't responsible enough. hay grabe. nakakapanlambot ang mga nangyayari ngayon. ano kaya ang remedy dito? kasi wala pa akong nababasa or nababalitaan na may gamot na sa katangahan. well, at least hindi sila righteous kagaya ng mga nagrarally na papatalsikin si gloria...aber, sino ipapalit na mas matino? meron pa ba?

[BoEinG_747]

sad to know what happen sa friend mo Bro Tandem ..
ang dami talaga kapalpakan jan sa TMG .maging sa LTO

by the way ..welcome sa Tsikot

[oldblue]

lakas din loob ng carnapper niyan parked na nga under sa street light tapos nakapaka pa yun steering wheel. parang he really took time stealing it.

[altec]

TMG? Di lang kasi pwede magmura dito eh. Yung Kia Sportage namin, 1 month na impounded sa TMG, kasi surplus, so pinapacheck sa BIR kung nagbayad ng buwis, sa LTO kung totoo daw ang registration, pati sa customs kung nagbayad ng import taxes, then they turn around and ask for 100K. Ayun, nanduon pa rin.

The only way TMG will work to look for your carnapped car is P-E-S-O-S-E-SSSS.

[Tandem]

Guys,

Thanks for your replies and sentiments.

As regards making the TMG do their job, my friend just filed a letter request in the form of a complaint at the DILG that they process and promptly submit the necessary documents and indorsement to the LTO, and in order that administrative sanctions may be applied if need be. We pay the right taxes and these people who are supposedly public servants, act like we even owe them in order for them to do their job. I hope that this becomes a lesson for the people in law enforcement. There have been a lot of cases where they (PNP) were able to apprehend the criminal(s) but since they failed to follow basic procedures (most especially under our Constitution's Bill of Rights), these crooks then are allowed to go free. Or even worse, they apprehend or shoot at the wrong people mistaking them for suspects.

We tried to follow the procedure that any normal citizen would go through in order to process his/her claim at the TMG and LTO. But since it has come to this, we then have to resort to using contacts that are "higher-up" in the PNP's chain of command as well as those in the Executive and Legislative Depts, something that my friend did not want to do. Tingan natin kung di pa kikilos ang mga taga TMG, at di pa sila matuto.

At any rate, all of us should exercise prudence and caution as well as be extra vigilant.