ZamboangaPolice authorities are searching for a British national, who was earlier reported missing in one of the hotels here, for allegedly swindling nearly half million pesos from a business deal with a Chinese buddy.
Mr. David Rowe, 38, a director of Matrix Import UK, was initially reported to have been missing since early dawn Thursday after he checked in at Amil Tower hotel, along Pilar Street, this city.
The report also said that a Chinese companion from Hong Kong, a certain Roy Fong, brought the matter to the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) to blotter his missing companion.
Fong said Rowe was last seen at around 1:00 a.m. Thursday after which at 3:00 a.m. he was gone in his hotel room. He said he had found no signs of his buddy until this time, although the Briton's belongings remain intact in his room.
As this developed, Mr. Fong reported again to the police his missing companion, but this time complaining against Rowe who took away the more than P410,000 said to be payment for purchase of banca (boat) engine machines.
The complainant claimed that they deposited a P3 million in the bank but the wife of Rowe, a certain Janet Sovitario withdrew it, and that the purchased orders supposed to be delivered on Friday did not arrive.
Police authorities advised instead Mr. Fong to file estafa case against Mr. Rowe, as it appears in the initial investigation that the British national swindled his money.
Meanwhile, Mayor Celso Lobregat appealed to the media not to "blow this up." He told reporters that the incident was a classic example of "a transaction that has gone sour."
He said: "Based on my information gathered that this person who could not be found by Mr. Fong...more or less was asking what is the fastest way to go to Cebu.” Rowe is reportedly staying in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, the mayor said.
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The report also said that a Chinese companion from Hong Kong, a certain Roy Fong, brought the matter to the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) to blotter his missing companion.
Fong said Rowe was last seen at around 1:00 a.m. Thursday after which at 3:00 a.m. he was gone in his hotel room. He said he had found no signs of his buddy until this time, although the Briton's belongings remain intact in his room.
As this developed, Mr. Fong reported again to the police his missing companion, but this time complaining against Rowe who took away the more than P410,000 said to be payment for purchase of banca (boat) engine machines.
The complainant claimed that they deposited a P3 million in the bank but the wife of Rowe, a certain Janet Sovitario withdrew it, and that the purchased orders supposed to be delivered on Friday did not arrive.
Police authorities advised instead Mr. Fong to file estafa case against Mr. Rowe, as it appears in the initial investigation that the British national swindled his money.
Meanwhile, Mayor Celso Lobregat appealed to the media not to "blow this up." He told reporters that the incident was a classic example of "a transaction that has gone sour."
He said: "Based on my information gathered that this person who could not be found by Mr. Fong...more or less was asking what is the fastest way to go to Cebu.” Rowe is reportedly staying in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, the mayor said.
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