Philippine Flag Removed on Mendoza’s Coffin
China reacted when they knew the report that there’s a Philippine flag over Rolando Mendoza’s coffin. Mendoza is the one involved on the recent tourist bus hostage crisis that led to the death of eight Hong Kong tourists. The Chinese Embassy released a statement that “The person who deserves a national flag at funeral should be someone of heroism, decency and integrity, not someone who inflicts atrocity on innocent lives,” (Yahoo Philippines). Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda confirmed that the flag has been removed according to Tanauan Mayor Sonia Torres.
It was a tradition in the Philippines that a flag will be put over the coffin of a dead police or military member, it symbolizes heroism, but what Mendoza did brought disgrace to the country he served. In different websites and blogs, you can read comments that agree to the removal of the flag.
For me, I also agree on the same thing, though Mendoza became a member of the police, the virtues he showed before he died are not a virtue of a hero. His actions resulted to a very tragic ending, killing innocent people, all because of what he is fighting for. I’m sorry Mr.Mendoza.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 12:04 am
yeah, HK people are kinda putting us under the microscope @_@
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