PHILIPPINES: POLICE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO RESORT MURDERS OF THREE FOREIGNERS.

Record ID: 319260

  • Title: PHILIPPINES: POLICE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO RESORT MURDERS OF THREE FOREIGNERS.
  • Date: 5th May 2004
  • Summary: (W3) BORACAY, PHILIPPINES (MAY 4, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. BEACH HOUSE 2. POLICEMEN INSPECTING CRIME SCENE 3. INVESTIGATOR WORKING 4. VILLAGER COVERING FACE 5. CHILDREN STANDING OUTSIDE OF HOUSE 6. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND HOUSE 7. PEOPLE STANDING 8. PEOPLE WALKING 9. CHILDREN STANDING 10. POLICEMEN SETTING UP SECURITY LINES 11. WORKERS WALKING TOWARD HOUSE 12. POLICEMEN INSPECTING 13. BEACH 14. (SOUNDBITE) (English) POLICE SUPERINTENDENT REMUS CANIESO SAYING "We have conducted interviews on the twenty five labourers who are in the vicinity of the victim's house and right now, there is an ongoing interview being conducted at the police office of Boracay Special protection." 15. WORKERS MOVING COFFINS AWAY 16. WORKERS CARRYING COFFINS 3.04 17. GV/LV: TOURISTS ON BEACH (2 SHOTS) 3.22 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 20th May 2004 13:00
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  • Location: BORACAY, PHILIPPINES
  • Country: Philippines
  • Reuters ID: LVA3MJ551YCOJQTWKJFHJ85E1TNH
  • Story Text: Police investigators comb scene where three
    foreigners were killed on Philippine resort island of
    Boracay.



    Forensic experts searched a hilltop mansion on
    Wednesday (May 4) on the Philippine tourist island of
    Boracay to find evidence that could shed light on the
    killing of a German, a Briton and a Swiss.

    The German owner of the three-storey house, 69-year old
    Anton Faustenhauser, Swiss Manfred Schoeni and 59-year old
    Briton John Cowperthwaite were found stabbed to death on
    Monday (May 3).

    Cowperthwaite, an architect based in Hong Kong, is the
    son of Sir John Cowperthwaite, founder of modern Hong Kong.

    Schoeni, an art dealer, owns two galleries in Hong Kong.

    A friend of Faustenhauser found the bodies of the three
    men and a Filipino maid in the house called "Dolce Vita" on
    Monday (May 3).

    Police questioned 25 construction workers on Tuesday
    after two blood-stained knives were found in the kitchen.

    "We have conducted interviews on the 25 labourers who
    are in the vicinity of the victim's house and right now,
    there is an ongoing interview being conducted at the police
    office of Boracay Special protection." said Remus Canieso,
    a police superintendent.

    The workers, who were landscaping and working on a
    swimming pool, were the only people allowed in the
    property, which sits on top of a small hill overlooking the
    sea.

    Only nine of the construction workers remained in
    police custody for further investigation on Wednesday. The
    rest were sent home.

    Boracay, in the central Philippines, is a short plane
    and boat journey from Manila. It is known for its pristine
    beaches, scuba diving and nightlife.

    Several countries warn their citizens against travel to
    the Philippines, whose tourism industry has suffered from
    crime as well as insurgencies by Muslim and communist
    rebels.


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