The 2001 UST Murder

The UST Murder that Abolished the ROTC
On the morning of March 18, 2001, 19-year-old Mark Welson Chua's body was found floating in the Pasig river, three days after he was reported missing. He was wrapped in a carpet, hog-tied, with his hands, feet, and face covered with cloth and duct tape.

Mark was a sophomore Mechanical Engineering student who became known for exposing the corruption and bribery in the Reserve Officers Training Corps of the UST in the school's official newspaper. His murder triggered public outrage, and urged the country's lawmakers to pass the Republic Act 9163 or the NSTP (National Service Training Program) Law, which abolished the then-existing ROTC system and gave college students a choice between the ROTC, the Literacy Training Service (LTS), or the Civic Welfare Training Service as a precondition for graduation.

SPOT.ph’s Top 10 Pinoy School Scandals

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NOTES:  Mark Chua's killer gets death by Elka Krystle R. Requinta
http://www.varsitarian.net/news/mark_chuas_killer_gets_death

2011 report on another packaging tape victim

August 2nd, 2011 
Suspected ‘salvage’ victim found
A man with three gunshot wounds, his mouth covered by masking tape and hands tied behind his back was found before dawn Tuesday in a grassy area on Visayas Avenue in Quezon City, a police report said. Police Officer 3 Gregorio Maramag of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit said the victim had gunshot wounds in the head, in the back and in the right arm.

According to him, the body was found by a crew member of a fast-food restaurant on Visayas Avenue who heard gunshots just minutes earlier. The victim was found at 2:45 a.m. at the corner of Visayas Avenue and Road 10 in Barangay (village) Vasra.

The policeman said it was apparent that the victim had been tortured before he was killed. The man was described as between 35 and 40 years old, 5’3” in height, of slim build and with short hair. He was dressed only in a pair of denim pants.—Nancy C. Carvajal

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/35229/metrobriefs-72

victim's face wrapped with masking tape

"...at 12:45 a.m. of the following day, the body of a   man was found with  stab wounds in the back along Maximo Viola Street in Barangay Balingasa. The victim, Jonel Mamarinta, 21, was identified by his mother. Authorities found the body after a watchman received a call at the barangay hall reporting the discovery. Masking tape was wrapped around the face of the victim."

FULL REPORT BY JULIE M. AURELIO AT:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/204405/2-male-victims-of-brutal-killings-reported-in-qc