Filipino activist held in Hong Kong

[delprado]

Filipino activist held in Hong Kong

First posted 04:31pm (Mla time) Dec 10, 2005
By Norman Bordadora
Inquirer

A FILIPINO militant leader en route to join protests against the World Trade Organization conference was held for about four hours by authorities by immigration authorities at the airport in Hong Kong on Saturday.

Danilo Ramos, secretary general of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, was questioned about the purpose of his visit, according to KMP public information officer Carl Ala.

He said Ramos was with six other KMP members but was the only one held at the airport.

Reports reaching the KMP and its allied organization Pamalakaya in Manila said Ramos and his party arrived in Hong Kong around 10 a.m.

Ramos was released around 1 p.m.

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Correct me if i'm wrong, but a Filipino activist going abroad to do a protest in a foreign soil is a big no no for me. They don't have any business at all doing that in HK. They should have been arrested and jailed dahil wala silang karapatan para mag rally doon.

Kung gawain nila ay ganun sa Pilipinas.. mag stay na lang sila sa pinas at doon na lang mag rally and not in another country.

Same thing with the foreign activists, di rin nila dapat gawin yon sa Pinas (ie. ang sumama sa rally at mga protesta sa kalsada sa bansa natin).

It's just my opinion.

[nelany]

Ang tigas ng mga Pinoy na ito. Punta sila sa China para hindi na sila makita pag katapos nilang mahuli!!

[empy]

parang international organization yang mga WTO protesters na yan. yung mga taong nagprotesta sa washington nung last conference, kung saan-saan galing din (from many different countries, not just RP)

[wowiesy]

Filipino activist held in Hong Kong

First posted 04:31pm (Mla time) Dec 10, 2005
By Norman Bordadora
Inquirer

A FILIPINO militant leader en route to join protests against the World Trade Organization conference was held for about four hours by authorities by immigration authorities at the airport in Hong Kong on Saturday.

Danilo Ramos, secretary general of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, was questioned about the purpose of his visit, according to KMP public information officer Carl Ala.

He said Ramos was with six other KMP members but was the only one held at the airport.

Reports reaching the KMP and its allied organization Pamalakaya in Manila said Ramos and his party arrived in Hong Kong around 10 a.m.

Ramos was released around 1 p.m.

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Correct me if i'm wrong, but a Filipino activist going abroad to do a protest in a foreign soil is a big no no for me. They don't have any business at all doing that in HK. They should have been arrested and jailed dahil wala silang karapatan para mag rally doon.

Kung gawain nila ay ganun sa Pilipinas.. mag stay na lang sila sa pinas at doon na lang mag rally and not in another country.

Same thing with the foreign activists, di rin nila dapat gawin yon sa Pinas (ie. ang sumama sa rally at mga protesta sa kalsada sa bansa natin).

It's just my opinion.

for their (activist and their group) part naman... i think it doesn't matter kung they get to actually be there in the street protest vs WTO or they get questioned or detained abroad.... ang mahalaga sa kanila ay may media exposure...

why hongkong? natyempo andun ang WTO.. maraming pinoy na OFW... pumapapel na sila eh... since nanggaling sa mga OFW ang pera na bumubuhay sa pilipinas.. pinapapelan na rin nila mga OFW at nagtatayo ng mga groups dun... para ma impluwensyahan yung mga kamag anak ng mga OFW na andito sa pilipinas...

para pag dating ng eleksyon, party list nila ay mananalo... may pork barrel na...

hmm.... medyo OT na po...

[oldblue]

para maiba naman daw ang environment, nasasawa na siguro sila dito

[Isuzoom]

hakot...

[wildthing]

sa mga hindi pa nakasama (nakaranas sumama) sa rally (at walang balak sumama)...isa lang pong paalala sa inyo na ang karapatan pang tao ay para sa lahat....karapatan nilang i-express ang kagustuhan nila sa tamang paraan na gusto nila.

Kung mali naman ang pamamaraan nila di 'bat nahuhuli o hinuhuli rin naman sila.

Mas mahirap po kung ang tao ay magiging apathetic sa mga nangyayari sa paligid niya.

Kung hindi kayo naniniwala sa kanilang paniwala, kayo ay nirerespeto rin nila, sana marespeto rin ninyo ang opinion nila. Ang bottom line po ng ipinaglalaban nila ay ang paniwala nila na kaya lalong naghihirap ang mga tao't bansa na tulad natin ay dahil sa pact ng WTO. Ang gusto nila ay proteksionismo ng bawat isa at ang WTO naman ay free-trade...sino ang tama, kayo na humusga.

Sa aking pananaw, meron silang punto pero sa long term, palagay ko rin ay tama ang ilang puntos sa WTO na free trade.

just my 2 cents. peace.

[empy]

sa mga hindi pa nakasama (nakaranas sumama) sa rally (at walang balak sumama)...isa lang pong paalala sa inyo na ang karapatan pang tao ay para sa lahat....karapatan nilang i-express ang kagustuhan nila sa tamang paraan na gusto nila.

Kung mali naman ang pamamaraan nila di 'bat nahuhuli o hinuhuli rin naman sila.

Mas mahirap po kung ang tao ay magiging apathetic sa mga nangyayari sa paligid niya.

Kung hindi kayo naniniwala sa kanilang paniwala, kayo ay nirerespeto rin nila, sana marespeto rin ninyo ang opinion nila. Ang bottom line po ng ipinaglalaban nila ay ang paniwala nila na kaya lalong naghihirap ang mga tao't bansa na tulad natin ay dahil sa pact ng WTO. Ang gusto nila ay proteksionismo ng bawat isa at ang WTO naman ay free-trade...sino ang tama, kayo na humusga.

Sa aking pananaw, meron silang punto pero sa long term, palagay ko rin ay tama ang ilang puntos sa WTO na free trade.

just my 2 cents. peace.

very good points, and i agree with all of them.

what's sad, however, is how the spirit of peaceful dissent and changing the world ala Gandhi and People Power I seems to have completely disappeared. today, it seems like people take to the streets purely to riot (ala WTO, France in 2005, etc.). also, if you talk to some of these people, they have no use for your opinion if you don't agree with them. they demand that their voice be heard, but they don't seem to think yours should if it conflicts with theirs. hypocrites.

[oldblue]

Mas mahirap po kung ang tao ay magiging apathetic sa mga nangyayari sa paligid niya.

Kung hindi kayo naniniwala sa kanilang paniwala, kayo ay nirerespeto rin nila, sana marespeto rin ninyo ang opinion nila. Ang bottom line po ng ipinaglalaban nila ay ang paniwala nila na kaya lalong naghihirap ang mga tao't bansa na tulad natin ay dahil sa pact ng WTO. Ang gusto nila ay proteksionismo ng bawat isa at ang WTO naman ay free-trade...sino ang tama, kayo na humusga.

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that's silly. blame the WTO to justify a reason why some nations are poor or becoming more and more poor. although I agree that this free-trade or globalization concept is a brainchild of a few greedy rich & powerful men, (imagine walang tanawan ng utang na loob or accountability yun mga intl. corporations while they exploit the natural resources of every nation, poor and rich alike hehehe ...), we really cant do anything about it. it's a new world order that we all must learn to adjust our lives with.

after all, nations are just man-made illusions for each of us to have a sense of identity. but in the end, we all live in one planet. Share. No one has exclusivity over a certain area just bec. they lived their for more than 1000 years.

[5Speed]

huuuuu........ magsisipag-disney lang yang mga yan pagkatapos.....

[mazdamazda]

immigration yan ng ibang bansa... talagang ganyan.

even dito sa atin... bawal sumali ang mga foreigners in any kind of rally.

[Isuzoom]

Official or pasyal?

[wildthing]

very true...it is a form of evolution...and in evolution some might perish (economies may perish, countries might go to war or starve)....

so it would be better off to be aware and take resposibility to do what needs to be done....these people thinks that they are aware enough and that they think that what they are doing (going into the streets to protest) is a way to educate others...it is really for us to decide to join their cause or not.