Comments on: Ambassador Admits to Shoplifting Incident at Yongsan http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/ Serving on the Forgotten Frontier Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:13:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: CalmSeas http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-149436 CalmSeas Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:45:24 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-149436 Filipinos are criminals...cut & dry! Just check out any of their local newspapers on-line and you will get an ear full of how corrupt (No. 1 in Asia) they are. When caught, as this thief was, they will lie their ass off, then try and turn it all around, making false accusations that it is really all someone else's fault. I am sure that this thieving Philippine ambassador immediately contacted local Philippine jounalists in order to try and put her own spin on it. All Philippine diplomatic personnel should not only be barred from U.S. bases, but also from having anything to do with the U.S. military...period! :mad: Filipinos are criminals…cut & dry! Just check out any of their local newspapers on-line and you will get an ear full of how corrupt (No. 1 in Asia) they are.

When caught, as this thief was, they will lie their ass off, then try and turn it all around, making false accusations that it is really all someone else’s fault.

I am sure that this thieving Philippine ambassador immediately contacted local Philippine jounalists in order to try and put her own spin on it.

All Philippine diplomatic personnel should not only be barred from U.S. bases, but also from having anything to do with the U.S. military…period! :mad:

]]> By: Joe http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-149115 Joe Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:02:09 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-149115 If the "top of the food-chain" filipinos are getting busted, one can get a clear idea of what the other filipinos are doing..... If the “top of the food-chain” filipinos are getting busted, one can get a clear idea of what the other filipinos are doing…..

]]> By: Bijou http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-48951 Bijou Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:10:16 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-48951 I want to thank Robert Neff for exposing the ambassador. I was outraged by how the Philippine government and the higher (and most likely corrupt officials) are handling the incident. I don't blame the USFK for banning the other Filipinos from entering the base, but had they handled the matter meticulously and properly, it wouldn't have resulted out like this. Damn because of this person I can't attend classes on base anymore! Makes me mad, and I didn't even do anything! I want to thank Robert Neff for exposing the ambassador. I was outraged by how the Philippine government and the higher (and most likely corrupt officials) are handling the incident. I don’t blame the USFK for banning the other Filipinos from entering the base, but had they handled the matter meticulously and properly, it wouldn’t have resulted out like this.

Damn because of this person I can’t attend classes on base anymore!

Makes me mad, and I didn’t even do anything!

]]> By: More Details Released About Shoplifting Ambassador at ROK Drop http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-48238 More Details Released About Shoplifting Ambassador at ROK Drop Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:07:19 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-48238 [...] information about the shoplifting Filipino ambassador has been released and needless to say this whole episode gets more and more interesting with every [...] [...] information about the shoplifting Filipino ambassador has been released and needless to say this whole episode gets more and more interesting with every [...]

]]> By: robert Neff http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-48073 robert Neff Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:00:55 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-48073 For those interested - I thought I would post the link to the latest article about this incident. https://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2007/07/07/200707070003.asp Reportedly one of the Philippine journalist/activist who spends half his time in Korea and the other half back home has interviewed some of the people involved with the incident. "According to Mark Padlan, a journalist and Kasammako executive committee member who is currently in Manila, the manager of the PX, knowing that Castrence is a diplomat, approached her in a bid to resolve the matter discreetly so as to avoid any embarrassment. "In response," the press release said, "Castrence told the manager she wanted to smoke a cigarette first before they talk. In the act of taking and lighting the cigarette out of her bag, she dropped the stolen items and kicked them back inside the PX shop. She then tried to deny any wrongdoing.'" For those interested - I thought I would post the link to the latest article about this incident.

https://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2007/07/07/200707070003.asp

Reportedly one of the Philippine journalist/activist who spends half his time in Korea and the other half back home has interviewed some of the people involved with the incident.

“According to Mark Padlan, a journalist and Kasammako executive committee member who is currently in Manila, the manager of the PX, knowing that Castrence is a diplomat, approached her in a bid to resolve the matter discreetly so as to avoid any embarrassment.

“In response,” the press release said, “Castrence told the manager she wanted to smoke a cigarette first before they talk. In the act of taking and lighting the cigarette out of her bag, she dropped the stolen items and kicked them back inside the PX shop. She then tried to deny any wrongdoing.’”

]]> By: Rick Vaughn http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-47554 Rick Vaughn Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:47:01 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-47554 SHOULDN'T happen and DOESN'T happen are mutually exclusive... and the Republic of the Philippines IS part of the UN joint command (last time I checked). Just because she can't shop in the PX doesn't mean she can't give her friend items to purchase and the money to do so.... By the way, things like this may be one of the reasons the US decided to shut down all of it's bases in the Philippines.... SHOULDN’T happen and DOESN’T happen are mutually exclusive… and the Republic of the Philippines IS part of the UN joint command (last time I checked). Just because she can’t shop in the PX doesn’t mean she can’t give her friend items to purchase and the money to do so….

By the way, things like this may be one of the reasons the US decided to shut down all of it’s bases in the Philippines….

]]> By: Farty http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-47531 Farty Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:11:44 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-47531 You can't just sign in for commissary access at the main gate - or at least you shouldn't. Access to the base does not automatically include access to the commissary or PX - a ration control card is needed. Foreign governments with an agreement with the US also get access. As far as I'm aware it's some offshoot of the whole United Nations "Joint" Command thing, nothing joint about that nowadays but don't be surprised to see a variety of European, among other regions' diplomats on base. Too much of the responsibilty for making sure people don't abuse base privileges and access is given to people that just don't care. The "guards", despite their camoflauge uniforms, are contractors that turn a blindeye to most illegal activities Korean nationals do on base. Want to try? Ask your friend with base access to slip you their ID card through the fence _in_front_ of the guard, then present the ID to the guard; helps if you are a middle-aged Korean woman. All it takes is one. You can’t just sign in for commissary access at the main gate - or at least you shouldn’t. Access to the base does not automatically include access to the commissary or PX - a ration control card is needed.

Foreign governments with an agreement with the US also get access. As far as I’m aware it’s some offshoot of the whole United Nations “Joint” Command thing, nothing joint about that nowadays but don’t be surprised to see a variety of European, among other regions’ diplomats on base.

Too much of the responsibilty for making sure people don’t abuse base privileges and access is given to people that just don’t care. The “guards”, despite their camoflauge uniforms, are contractors that turn a blindeye to most illegal activities Korean nationals do on base.

Want to try? Ask your friend with base access to slip you their ID card through the fence _in_front_ of the guard, then present the ID to the guard; helps if you are a middle-aged Korean woman. All it takes is one.

]]> By: Sonagi http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-47462 Sonagi Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:29:37 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-47462 Something else is suspicious about the ambassador's version of the incident. Small, expensive items like chips and memory cards are packaged to discourage shoplifting, and in the US, they are often kept behind the counter or in a locked cabinet. How secured is valuable merchandise in the PX? Something else is suspicious about the ambassador’s version of the incident. Small, expensive items like chips and memory cards are packaged to discourage shoplifting, and in the US, they are often kept behind the counter or in a locked cabinet. How secured is valuable merchandise in the PX?

]]> By: Sonagi http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-47458 Sonagi Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:10:12 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/07/05/ambassador-admits-to-shoplifting-incident-at-yongsan/#comment-47458 Glad to know my tax dollars are well-spent shipping designer perfumes to Korea. Wouldn't want some poor general to bother with duty-free at the airport. Glad to know my tax dollars are well-spent shipping designer perfumes to Korea. Wouldn’t want some poor general to bother with duty-free at the airport.

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