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(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)

MATI, Davao Oriental-As thousands of residents and tourists were watching Wednesday's colorful street-dancing parade held during the town's 101st founding anniversary, cell phone thieves struck and victimized several people, including a ranking government official.

The Citizens' Crime Watch here said that suspected members of a cell phone syndicate snatched at least 12 cell phone units.

Marilyn Yu-Mon, provincial chief of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, said the thieves took advantage of the crowd when they took her unit.

"I could not chase the cell phone snatchers because they operate inside the crowd, how ...

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