A relative of Tay’s who refused to be identified told reporters in Cotabato City that upon learning of the incident he immediately dialed the hotlines of the local police and the Army’sTask Force Tugis based at PC Hill. But no one took his call, he said.
“So when the police and the Army arrived in the area, the suspects had already fled to an unknown direction,” he said.
Tay owns a small foam store in Cotabato City.
He was inside his room when the abductors came and ordered his security guards to lie on their bellies, dragged him outside, and told him to board the van parked in front of his store.
