Cops stop jilted man from suicide jump

[Shroom Man 777]

MANILA, Philippines - An online English teacher held a pillow as he tried to jump from the window of a 16th-floor condominium unit he shares with his partner in Quezon City yesterday.

Joseph Fedelin, 44, poured muriatic acid on his partner of five years, call center agent Jefferson Quitaleg, 32, after they had sex, which Quitaleg said would be their last because he wanted to end their relationship.

Fedelin slit his wrist, then clutched the pillow as he sat on the windowsill of their unit at the Victoria Towers Condominium at around 9 a.m., preparing to jump. He was clad only in underwear at the time.

While negotiators were trying to convince Fedelin to calm down, the man continued to hold his bleeding wrist and hug the pillow for nearly two hours, until some rescuers rappelled down from the 18th floor and kicked him back into the unit. The standoff ended at past noon.

Senior Police Officer 1 John Sales said the couple had been fighting since Sunday night because of Quitaleg’s alleged affair with another man. Fedelin reportedly found out about the affair last year, which his partner repeatedly denied.

The teacher said he recently discovered that the two had been communicating through a social networking site.

As rescuers from the police and the Bureau of Fire Protection talked to Fedelin, their colleagues managed to get Quitaleg out of the couple’s unit and place cushions on the ground just in case Fedelin jumped.
Rescuers rappel down the Victoria Towers Condominium building to save Joseph Fedelin from jumping from the window of his 16th-floor unit yesterday. BOY SANTOS

When Fedelin was brought down, the jilted man said: “Kaya kayo’ng mga lalaki, maging tapat kayo sa aming mga bading na lover (You men, be faithful to your gay lovers).” He even said he was ready to go to jail for what he did.

Both men were brought to the nearby Capitol Medical Center for treatment. Fedelin was brought to the Quezon City Police District Station 10 in Kamuning after treatment. - By Reinir Padua (Philstar News Service, www.philstar.com)

What is it with people and acid.

[Mr Bean]

Way to bury the lead there Shroom

the man continued to hold his bleeding wrist and hug the pillow for nearly two hours, until some rescuers rappelled down from the 18th floor and kicked him back into the unit. The standoff ended at past noon.

Hmm man on the ledge threatens to jump? No problem just kick him back into the building.

[Mr. Coffee]

Suicide Prevention: It's more fun in the Philippines.

[Shroom Man 777]

Suicide Prevention: It's more fun in the Philippines.

You win.

@ Bean:

Mang, the acid-throwing must've made me missed the awesome rappel-dropkick.

[ComradeClaus]

Suicide Prevention: It's more fun in the Philippines.

You win.

@ Bean:

Mang, the acid-throwing must've made me missed the awesome rappel-dropkick.

In Sparta, the authorities kick you INTO bottomless pits, in Phillippines, the authorities kick you AWAY from bottomless pits.



what kind of acid is that anyway & how would he have gotten it?

[Grumman]

what kind of acid is that anyway & how would he have gotten it?

Looking it up, it's apparently a different name for hydrochloric acid.

[PainRack]

OMG. After reading Mr bean post, I couldn't help laughing hysterically, until my family looked up at me:D Thank god I haven't started drinking my soup yet or my monitor would have been screwed

[Eternal_Freedom]

This is why I respect the Philippines. You don't screw around,you just kick someong into a building after rappelling down two floors. So much simpler.

[PeZook]

This is why I respect the Philippines. You don't screw around,you just kick someong into a building after rappelling down two floors. So much simpler.

Or you spend hours ineptly trying to storm a bus full of hostages.

[Beowulf]

what kind of acid is that anyway & how would he have gotten it?

Looking it up, it's apparently a different name for hydrochloric acid.

It's often used with pool maintenance.

[Shroom Man 777]

This is why I respect the Philippines. You don't screw around,you just kick someong into a building after rappelling down two floors. So much simpler.

Or you spend hours ineptly trying to storm a bus full of hostages.

Or this

(NSFW)



At least this time they're using their rope in a more humane fashion.

[Darksider]

Shroom, I have to ask. Do you deliberately pick out news stories like this to make your country seem more crazy than it actually is, or is shit like this common in the Philippines?

[KhorneFlakes]

While I don't live in the Philippines, I can confirm for you, that yes, it is that crazy. Shit like this is fairly common, and as Shroom said once, passed out glue-sniffers are all over the place.

[Ahriman238]

Suicide Prevention: It's more fun in the Philippines.

This. Coffee won the thread.

Now I'm wondering how much of Shroomy can be explained by his enviroment. In the land of the batshit insane the dick stabber is a pain between the legs.

[Shroom Man 777]

Shroom, I have to ask. Do you deliberately pick out news stories like this to make your country seem more crazy than it actually is, or is shit like this common in the Philippines?

Report slams Philippines inaction on political killing

A new report from Human Rights Watch says after 18 months in office, Philippines President Benigno Aquino has failed live up to his promise to put a stop to polticially-motivated extrajudicial killings in the country.

In its World Report 2012, Human Rights Watch documented at least seven extrajudicial killings and three enforced disappearances, implicating the military, since President Aquino assumed office in 2010.

It also reported only seven cases have been successfully prosecuted in the past decade.

The chair of the Philippines Commission on Human Rights Etta Rosales has welcomed the report and blamed private armies and poor evidence-gathering in resolving crimes for the political killings.

She says there are still more than a hundred private armies in the country, many of which are maintained by powerful politicians in remote places.

But she adds that prosecutors are being trained to professionalize and expedite the resolution of cases.