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In Caloocan, and presumably elsewhere in the metropolis, they are the convenient fronts of so-called "kotong" policemen and traffic enforcers in their mulcting rackets which continue to flourish.


 On orders of police chief, Superintendent Benjardi Mantele, operatives Friday last week rounded up from the streets radiating from the Bonifacio Circle, five sampaguita vendors moonlighting as "tong" collectors for erring traffic officers.


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‘Kotong’ cop collectors rounded up

By Jerry Botial | May 1, 2001 - 12:00am

What do cigarette vendors, jeepney barkers and sampaguita vendors have in common? In Caloocan, and presumably elsewhere in the metropolis, they are the convenient fronts of so-called "kotong" policemen...

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