Robbed With Taser By Ladyboy ⚡ Manila Police Let Them Go | B1 English Story

Tinder date turned nightmare in Philippines — B1 English story

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Hello, welcome, are you ready to improve your English?

Today's guest is my friend Rhys. He'll tell you an insane story! In B1 English

He's a vlogger from England, and he went on a date and the rest is just so crazy. This episode is for adults, not for children

So, yeah, I was in the Philippines. And I went over to Manila. So I decided, I'm bored, as a guy does, and I went on Tinder just to have a scroll through.

But the Philippines does have a reputation around Southeast Asia. More dangerous. Yeah. Now, Manila is the capital. Manila can be very scary, especially with what happened to me.

I went on Tinder and I started to have a look. And I came across one profile and I matched with them and they said, "Oh, we're only around the corner. We're chilling in our hotel. Me and my friend are bored, if you want to come round." So I was like, "Yeah, okay. No worries. I'll come round." But this is a bit of an educational story.

So I go round. I went into their room and the lights were switched off. They just had the TV on, so everything was a bit dark. You couldn't fully see what they looked like. Couldn't fully see what they... You walked in and it was dark. Yeah. And just the TV was on. Yeah. And then they too were sat there. It was a bit of like, you just couldn't see anything. And they were like, "Oh, do you want to jump in and just chill out?" I just laid on the bed. I still had my clothes on. And one of them decided to... Well, they said, "Do you want a bit of... Do you like fun?" It's like, "Ah."

And next minute, the other one's touching me. From out of nowhere, she's full on grabbing me and she puts her hand down my trousers. Now, while I'm in this moment, I'm looking at the one I'm talking to, not the other one.

And I'm a bit looking and thinking, "I don't think that's a woman." And yeah, so I'm in this hotel room now, second-guessing myself. I'm looking at this woman to not be a woman.

And I'm starting to get a bit nervous. I look at the other one and think, "I think that's a woman though." Again, I still could be wrong. Yeah.

Next minute, two more people come into the room. And I am now faced with four who I presume were all ladyboys. And they began to get violent very, very quickly and demand money. And one got a taser out and started... 

So a taser is what the police use to shoot people. And it gives you an electric shock. So you fall on the floor. It's how police officers are electric shock people. A taser. 

So they got a taser out. Yeah. And I'm not kidding you, the sound of a taser and the way it lit up the whole room was probably the scariest moment of my life so far. Oh, because it was a dark room. It was just this electric lightening. They had it. It was like a pen thing. And they just pressed the button and it went... And the sound was scary.

I mean, you don't know how powerful their taser is. Exactly. That's what scared me the most. They actually took my phone off me, went into my bank account and transferred all my money out into their account. Luckily, I have separate bank accounts and they stole about a thousand dollars.

So they didn't taser you. They didn't taser me. But they got the taser out. That was enough to scare me. And they scared you with that. And then they said, give me your phone. Yeah. Yeah, mad. I'm sorry to hear that. That's OK. Yes. And so I left. I then I actually contacted the British Embassy because I was just a bit panicky. Of course. Yeah. They were useless.

So I was like, OK, I will ring the police. I rang the police. They came. They took me to the police station to write a statement. And I wrote this statement and I was halfway through writing it and they said, come, come, let's go now. And I was like, what's going off? Oh, they're still in the hotel. We're going to go and catch them. Wow. I thought, OK, great. And I didn't know why I was going with them.

So we arrived at the hotel. We knocked on the door and they opened the door and the police and myself rushed in. Wow. And we caught them in the act. He was just sat there. Turns out he was an English guy as well. He was just about to get done.

Wow.

I'll leave his name out because he didn't want to be mentioned previously when I made my video. So they were on to the second victim already. When you burst in with the police. Yeah. And he was in the same position as you in the bed. He was sat on the bed. Sat on the bed. Yeah. Nothing happened. Nothing more had happened. Yeah. He was the most.. And that's when I knew I did the right thing because I just stopped them doing it to another victim. And he was so grateful. Bless him. He was thanking me saying, oh, that's amazing. I explained what had happened to me that made him even more happier.

So we go back to the police station and now I'm sat there. They're there, but they don't look scared. And yeah, I'm stood there. Why aren't these guys scared? They just sat there and they're not bothered that they've been arrested. And I'm like, this is the Philippines. You get caught selling drugs and stuff like that. It's a death sentence.

And that unfortunately suggests that maybe they know the police or they have their people in the police or they're tied to a gang that can just get them out. That's my guess.

Your guess was very, very accurate there. And sadly, I was sat in this police station and they're telling me, they gave me a letter that said, can you sign this? And I had a look and it said, I quickly read it. And it said that basically I would not prosecute.

They were, they were basically forcing me to sign a thing saying I won't prosecute the police. The police were making you do that. And so, and they didn't really give me much of a choice. They weren't threatening, but they were like, you need to sign this. 

So, prosecute is to, to say someone has done a crime in front of the court. So then that person can go to jail or to prison or to have their punishment. Yeah. To prosecute, to do the process of going to the court. And Reese had to sign a piece of paper saying he would not prosecute. He would not press charges against these four people.

Then, they still wanted money. Yes. They wanted more money. Well, the thing is that we, we agreed with the police that they would go to the cash machine and withdraw the cash and give me it. And all of a sudden the money's now on the table, which was less. So I didn't get all my money back and it was probably more like eight or $900 of probably just over 900. I'm sat there going, okay, cool. Give me my money and I go and that's it. And then you guys deal with them, even though I knew that nothing was going to be dealt because they're not scared. They, they all of a sudden wanting 10,000 (pesos) of that money. So the 60,000 pesos I got back, they want $10,000, $150.

Who, the police? No. The four? The hookers, basically. The lady boys, the four lady boy hookers. The lady boy hooker criminals. Yeah. But why did they want that 150? They now. They want their... Well, they said that I agreed for their services. Basically they wanted me to pay. The lady boys, because then the police would take their cut. Yeah. Off the lady boys. And then they told me to make an agreement with them.

And I'm like, I'm at this point, I'm getting angry. I was really shy and timid at first. There's one that sat there just going, no, I want my money and I'm not scared of you. And I'm like, look, I never paid for anything. I have not asked for your services. I didn't even sleep with anybody and you want $150. Oh, well, come back to my hotel now then. You want me to go to the hotel with you? The police are looking at me like, are you going to go? No, I'm not going to go. Like, this is the one that had the taser up against me. What? Honestly, this was so, so crazy. And I just now get so angry and I stand up and I start getting really, really aggressive. I mean, I'm nearly like going to hit one of them because I'm just so angry. And I think the police realized this at this point and realized they're not getting anything because I was even telling them to shush. Like I was in the argument, they tried to shut me up and I went, sure. I just, I shut them down.

And, and then I realized I had the control because these are corrupt police and if they were caught, then they're in big trouble. Captain, he was so corrupt and he was a disgusting person and he did not make me feel comfortable at all. But after the argument, they told them to go. I tell you what, I miss one key thing. This is where it gets worse. When I have to write all my details, this, that and the other, I had to say my hotel name in front of them. Oh, what? So I have to tell them my address. And I've just said, I can't believe you just made me do that. They're like, what? Well, I've just said my address in front of them. Oh, you'll be fine. And they, they know that I won't be and they, they don't care.

And so anyway, we leave, I go back to my hostel. You know, I can't really sleep. I've not slept all night. It's like 5am. I went downstairs and I just immediately said I'm leaving and they were like, oh, you've still got two nights left. I'm leaving. No way that I'm staying here. And I ended up leaving and going to the other side of Manila.

And then I met a lovely English couple. Well, one was English, one was South African. They were the nicest couple ever. And they said, oh, we're going to Cebu as well. If you want to grab a taxi with us. And I was like, after the week I've had, I was like, yes, let's, let's just go. Let me get out of here. And then I told them the story and they were like, okay, yeah, let's, let's just get out. We, we went to the airport, we booked a flight and we headed to Cebu and spent the day with them and had a really wonderful day. And they definitely made me feel a lot better, but Cebu was lovely.

So to summarize your mad story, on Tinder, you met two people in a room, in a dark room. And then two more people came, one of them with a taser. And then he started he, she, it, whatever. Started to flash the taser and so, and it forced you to give your phone to them. They then transferred about a thousand dollars from your account into their account. Then you went to the police. The police went into the room and arrested everyone. Yeah. You all went to the police station together. And the four criminals didn't look scared at all. Yeah. This is something that obviously they've experienced before being in the police station. Then you had to sign a document saying you would not prosecute press charges. And you felt you were forced to. Oh, yeah. They were like pushing it in front of my face. You want to sign this. And then after that, the criminal lady boys, they then started to ask you for $150 for their time. Yeah. And then the police at that point. Well, they were encouraging me to pay. They were really, oh yeah, they were, they were basically saying, oh, you know, why don't you just pay them? And then this is the end of it. I'm like, they're criminals. I'm looking past the fact that you're letting them go. But now you're actually considering that I should pay $150, which is crazy, by the way, to be threatened to be robbed. Yeah. Like $150. Yeah. Exactly. And then to have the lady boy then turn around and say, why don't we go back and we can finish off? What? First of all, no. Second of all, you have literally robbed me with a taser. Like I am frightened of my life right now because you've got hormones and testosterone running through you. Which makes you bat shit. Crazy. And clearly, she has nothing to lose. Exactly. And that's the scary thing is like, because of how corrupt the police were, they're not scared. And they were immune in a way. They were, you know, they just have to pay the police. That's all the police want. However, if this would have started with the police saying to me, if you want us to resolve it, you need to pay us a bit of money and we'll resolve everything for you and get your money back. I would have said, great. Absolutely. And they would have got more money. They would have been happier. However, I did have to pay them on the way back. When they dropped me off, they said, oh, yeah, we don't work for free, by the way. They actually said those words in the car. And they were laughing and joking about it. But I literally, I didn't really say anything. I got 2000 Filipino pesos, which is about £30. And I pulled that out of my pocket, gave it them and got out of the car and walked away. Overall, bad experience. However, I will not judge the whole of the Philippines, just because Manila is not a very safe place. So I will go back to the Philippines probably next year.

Brice has a absolutely fantastic travel channel. TikTok is the main one, or is it on different? My TikTok is "Rhys Around the World" and it's "Rhys" spelled R-H-Y-S. It'll be in the description. In the description, I'll put his links. Follow him as he travels around the world having these mad experiences and sharing the stories, just like he told us. The insane stories today. And they're going to get more insane. So enjoy his channel. See you later. Take care of a beautiful week. Thank you.