Rodaliza Baltazar, the grieving mother of Jemboy who was killed by police on August 2 in what the Philippine National Police (PNP) described as a case of mistaken identity, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 yesterday from Qatar.
She was met at the airport by representatives from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) upon arrival at the airport on board Philippine Airlines flight PR 685 from Qatar .
In an earlier report, Rodaliza Baltazar sought repatriation assistance from the Philippine government after learning that her son Jemboy was killed by the police.
According to DMW Undersecretary Bernard Olalia, Baltazar “had been hiding from Qatari authorities and working odd jobs after running away from her employer last year.”
Immigration officials at the airport questioned Mrs. Baltazar and processed her travel documents upon arrival in the country.
The DMW and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration will provide P100,000 in financial assistance. The two agencies will also shoulder the costs of her repatriation as well as the funeral and burial expenses of her son.
Report said that Navotas police were pursuing a suspect in a shooting incident whom they believed was hiding in a boat when the incident happened. Policemen mistook Baltazar as the subject of their manhunt after the 17-year-old jumped into the water from a boat.
