Yes Fred I completely agree with you there.I did think about approaching a security guard but in my experience they are not much use.my wife is from Iligan city so I didn't really have much choice.I am usually very aware of what's happening around me when I'm there but always felt safe in the mall.when I mentioned it to my wife she agreed they were up to no good and since then we have discussed that even a remote possibility of something happening is too much risk.It really made me think twice about my plan of retiring there later on in life.it is getting worse there as we all know by watching the news.we do personally know people who have been abducted there and my wife's family have been within metres of a grenade which was dispersed into the crowd a couple years ago in Iligan.I don't think I will be spending much time there in the foreseeable future