Alchie Paray, the hostage-taker in Greenhills yesterday, refused the Php 1 million offer from his security agency and demanded to be heard.
The employer of the former security guard of VMall, Greenhills offered a million in exchange to release his hostages and to surrender. However, Paray does not need money at all.
According to San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, the man needed to be heard. It was very simple and we granted it.
“Paray had agreed to release the hostages and surrender to authorities as long as he was allowed to hold a ‘press conference,’ to which the authorities have agreed to,” Zamora mentioned.
The hostage-taker in Greenhills was given 20 minutes to speak to reporters and aired his clamors towards his employer before he was arrested.
“When Paray held his hostages at gunpoint, he made several demands. He demanded to talk to his fellow security guards as well as the media and he wanted his superiors at the SASCOR Armor Security Corp. to publicly apologize to him and then resign from their posts,” report from Inquirer stated.
The message of the hostage-taker in Greenhills
Paray emphasized that he had a lot of clamors toward his employer but he was not heard. His concerns were not recognized at all.
In his 20-minute press con, he discussed the discrimination of their management and the existing corruption from the the upper-ranking guards that are accepting bribes. He points out the unfair treatment of the management to him and to his fellow guards.
Respectively, Paray apologized to the hostages on what he did.
“Bago ko po ito ginawa, alam ko na yung kahihinatnan ko. Pinaplano ko pa lang ‘to, patay na ko,”he stated during the press conference.
Further, Paray also highlighted that what happened to him will be a lesson for everybody.
Reference: Hostage-taking security guard refused P1M from employer; insisted on being heard
