It is cops versus cops in the Philippines as the national police chief announced plans to "post intelligence personnel at [Manila's gaming zone] Entertainment City and monitor policemen who are always spending time there."

Well, that should be the case. PNP Director General Ronald dela Rosa bared the plan after a gang of current and former police officers were killed in a shoot-out with their brothers in uniform.

It was found that the gang was suspected of carrying out the kidnapping and murder of Oscar/Carlos Tan, a junket operator working out of Manila's casinos. But that's not all the gang members did. The gang's ringleader, Southern Police District Superintendent Johnny Orme, was also suspected of operating an illegal money-lending business to unlucky gamblers at Resorts World Manila and Solaire Resort & Casino.

That is also the question that the PNP chief asked himself. He said, "If they are there to gamble, where did they get the money? If they are to hang out, what is the reason why they are there?" Dela Rosa said it was evident that the policemen hanging around the casinos "know who's who in the gambling business."

Casino-related kidnappings have become the newest trend that maligned the Philippine police force. Hopefully, the new directive would help in preventing another kidnapping of a casino patron from happening again.

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