Former Senator John Osmeña yesterday asked Senator Rodolfo Biazon, chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Safety, to act on the strong suspicions that law enforcement employees involved in a recent incident involving two foreigners at the Pamplona Plantation Resorts "were acting for vested interests -- not for the general public."

Osmeña was referring to the case where an NBI team from Bacolod City, on the requests of Korean pastor Kim Seong Kook, served a search warrant for illegal possession of firearms issued by a Cebu Regional Trial Court to Korean businessman Ha Hae Bong, also known as Michael Ha at the Pamplona Plantation Resort on Feb. 4.

The businessman, in turn, reportedly sought the help of the Negros Oriental police, who prevented it from being served.

Kim, who is facing complaints for rape and acts of lasciviousness filed against him by two members of his congregation, also has pending complaints for carnapping, theft, estafa and robbery against Ha pending before the Bacolod City Prosecutor's Office.

Osmeña, who is the developer of the 70 has. Pamplona Plantation Resorts, and not its owner, said it appears that the law enforcers got involved in an existing animosity between the two Koreans.

In his letter Osmeña requested Biazon to have his committee look into the Pamplona incident where NBI elements were allegedly manhandled and tied up by members of the PNP.

The news items on what happened barely scratch the surface, Osmeña said.

"The story I heard is that a certain Bacolod-based foreign businessman by the name of Kim instigated the raid to force Michael Ha, another foreign businessman based in Pamplona, to give up a girl who filed rape charges against Kim. The complainant is reportedly under the protection of Ha," Osmeña told Biazon in his letter.

Please note that the warrant issued for unlicensed firearms was issued by the Regional Trial Court of Cebu, which is in Region 7, and served by elements of the NBI based in Bacolod, which is in Region 6, Osmeña also told Biazon.

Ha has a 5-year lease on six cottages at the Pamplona Plantation Resorts which is adjacent to the Pamplona Golf and Country Club.*CPG

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