Mystery Part 2
OK, are you ready for part two of the mystery robbery? Here we go!
So, we went with Wade to One of the owners, and asked him to go to the police. He agreed and reported this case to the police. Shortly after this the police came and started the process of interviewing everyone that worked at EF. They also took Hannah's wallet so they could fingerprint it. Now, while all of this was going on, the teachers kept discussing the matter in the teachers house at night after work, and in the morning before work. It came to our attention then that it is generally agreed upon that the owner has the chief of police in, shall we say, his front pocket? From this discussion on, the possibility of the owner's family buying off the poilce to protect Annie (if she indeed is the culprit) had become very real.
The police took about three weeks to fit in interviews for everyone (it's a third world country, they are very busy here). After this they reported some information to the one of the owners, and aparently some DIFFERENT information to Wade. Wade got more info than the owner. What the police officer told Wade was that they had two suspects: one was Roy the office boy, and the other was Annie. They also told Wade that from what little evidence they had, and from the interviews with these two people, they were 70% sure it was Annie. The police then in secret slipped a note to one of the secretaries downstairs which read something like (keep an eye on Annie, look for any odd behavior). Wade was informed of this "sting", but the owner was not.
Good news for us!! The police are actually doing their job! We thought it was too good to be true, and it was. At least one more week went buy, and I got impatient. "OK, where's the update, now that the police are so close, what's next, and when?" I wanted information, I felt like we were being left in the dark. Furthermore we were all highly suspicious of the owner and his family because now that the police were closly invenstigating Annie, they had reason to cover it up. A little note on Chinese culture: family sticks together, and shame is a very real thing. It is perfect reasonable for us to expect that they would protect their family's honor and avoid being shamed.
So, I went to the owner myself. I have learned since being here that his is quite a genuine asshole, so I put on my game face and marched right into his office without knocking, sat down and demanded an update on what the police were doing. He said it would take more time. I didn't belive him. I said "Why don't I trust you?" He said, "Nick, I can't believe you say that!" I told him that the police suspected Roy and Annie. He said "Really, I didn't know that. Who told you?" "Wade," I said. "Oh." He phoned Wade's office, and Wade came down for a mini conference. It ended with the owner agreeing to set up a meeting for Hannah and I with the poilce, and with me apologizing to the owner for being rude.
Two days later we had our meeting. It was quite a load of bullshit if you ask me. The police told us everything we already new, with the added information that they had had a private meeting the owner's family, and that now they were going to investigate Roy's house. ROY's HOUSE!!! Stuff went missing BEFORE he worked there, AND Annie had admitted to at least one crime. Mr. Police man, do you think that the family might have an interest in protecting Annie to avoid shame? "No, the family said that they had searched Annie's room, and questioned her, and we trust the family."
After the family meeting, the police came around full circle and poured its effort into investigating Roy. I know that if I were the police I would save the most likely suspect for last, and then not even bother to search her house because I trust the family... (in the words of Wayne: NOT!)
Annie has made so many strange comments lately that it can't possibly be anyone else, unless she's actually clinically crazy, which is also likely.
Anyway, the plan now is for Hannah and I to mail the friendly heads of EF Indonesia in Jakarta and tell them our troubles. Included in the list of troubles might be how the onwers broke the law by refusing to give the Indonesian teachers their holiday bonus, and maybe even how when all that stuff went missing they denied it was their responsibily and refused to hire security. Our hope is that in response to this email they will contact Wade, and we will pressure the owners from many angles. More as the story developes. Stay tuned for part 3.
Here is a picture of Base G, a nearby beach.
So, we went with Wade to One of the owners, and asked him to go to the police. He agreed and reported this case to the police. Shortly after this the police came and started the process of interviewing everyone that worked at EF. They also took Hannah's wallet so they could fingerprint it. Now, while all of this was going on, the teachers kept discussing the matter in the teachers house at night after work, and in the morning before work. It came to our attention then that it is generally agreed upon that the owner has the chief of police in, shall we say, his front pocket? From this discussion on, the possibility of the owner's family buying off the poilce to protect Annie (if she indeed is the culprit) had become very real.
The police took about three weeks to fit in interviews for everyone (it's a third world country, they are very busy here). After this they reported some information to the one of the owners, and aparently some DIFFERENT information to Wade. Wade got more info than the owner. What the police officer told Wade was that they had two suspects: one was Roy the office boy, and the other was Annie. They also told Wade that from what little evidence they had, and from the interviews with these two people, they were 70% sure it was Annie. The police then in secret slipped a note to one of the secretaries downstairs which read something like (keep an eye on Annie, look for any odd behavior). Wade was informed of this "sting", but the owner was not.
Good news for us!! The police are actually doing their job! We thought it was too good to be true, and it was. At least one more week went buy, and I got impatient. "OK, where's the update, now that the police are so close, what's next, and when?" I wanted information, I felt like we were being left in the dark. Furthermore we were all highly suspicious of the owner and his family because now that the police were closly invenstigating Annie, they had reason to cover it up. A little note on Chinese culture: family sticks together, and shame is a very real thing. It is perfect reasonable for us to expect that they would protect their family's honor and avoid being shamed.
So, I went to the owner myself. I have learned since being here that his is quite a genuine asshole, so I put on my game face and marched right into his office without knocking, sat down and demanded an update on what the police were doing. He said it would take more time. I didn't belive him. I said "Why don't I trust you?" He said, "Nick, I can't believe you say that!" I told him that the police suspected Roy and Annie. He said "Really, I didn't know that. Who told you?" "Wade," I said. "Oh." He phoned Wade's office, and Wade came down for a mini conference. It ended with the owner agreeing to set up a meeting for Hannah and I with the poilce, and with me apologizing to the owner for being rude.
Two days later we had our meeting. It was quite a load of bullshit if you ask me. The police told us everything we already new, with the added information that they had had a private meeting the owner's family, and that now they were going to investigate Roy's house. ROY's HOUSE!!! Stuff went missing BEFORE he worked there, AND Annie had admitted to at least one crime. Mr. Police man, do you think that the family might have an interest in protecting Annie to avoid shame? "No, the family said that they had searched Annie's room, and questioned her, and we trust the family."
After the family meeting, the police came around full circle and poured its effort into investigating Roy. I know that if I were the police I would save the most likely suspect for last, and then not even bother to search her house because I trust the family... (in the words of Wayne: NOT!)
Annie has made so many strange comments lately that it can't possibly be anyone else, unless she's actually clinically crazy, which is also likely.
Anyway, the plan now is for Hannah and I to mail the friendly heads of EF Indonesia in Jakarta and tell them our troubles. Included in the list of troubles might be how the onwers broke the law by refusing to give the Indonesian teachers their holiday bonus, and maybe even how when all that stuff went missing they denied it was their responsibily and refused to hire security. Our hope is that in response to this email they will contact Wade, and we will pressure the owners from many angles. More as the story developes. Stay tuned for part 3.
Here is a picture of Base G, a nearby beach.
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