Dabawenyos call for justice for killed nurse Marjorie Kwan | Sun.Star.

February 19, 2012

DAVAO CITY — Dabawenyos condemned the killing of a registered nurse and urged Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to immediately act on the murder using his “iron fist”.

Chinese-Filipino registered nurse Marjorie Kwan was on her way home to RGA Village, Paciano Bangoy, this city, when shot dead by riding in tandem gunmen around 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Witnesses said Kwan refused to surrender her bag to the gunmen, prompting one of the suspects to shoot her. The victim succumbed to four gunshot wounds in her hand, chest, back and head.

Family and friends of the 23-year-old victim, through social networking site Facebook, condemned the killing and called for justice for Kwan.

A Justice for Marjorie Kwan page was created on Facebook and it already has 1,649 likes as of this posting Sunday.

In their Facebook accounts, several Dabawenyos also called on Duterte to immediately address the problem with criminals in the city.

The elder Duterte is known as Davao’s “The Punisher” for his strong stance against criminals.

Nurses also expressed fear for their lives following the killing of their colleague in broad daylight.

“Nurses are no longer safe in the city,” most of them said on Facebook.

“I think ang mga killers nya are the (I think her killers are the) same people who robbed and shot a nurse at Gem Village in Ma-a last month,” Joy Sanz Confesor commented on the victim’s friend Camille Benjamin Remoroza’s Facebook profile cover.

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