- 6/2/2025
NBI Agents
The National Bureau of Investigation or NBI, the Filipino version of the American FBI, is home to one of the Philippines’ most elite crime-fighting teams. Within the NBI, the anti-narcotics division is known to be the most dangerous with the highest death rate amongst agents. Raids on drug syndicates often result in violent gunfights as drug syndicates are highly armed with assault weapons. With only a bulletproof vest to protect them, the NBI agents put their lives on the line in pursuit of these hardened criminals. Follow “Break-Neck Business” as we venture into drug lord territories and apprehend members of one of the biggest drug cartels in the world.
Compressor Divers
The Badjao people of Bohol Philippines have always depended on the ocean for their livelihood. The pressures of living in today’s world have forced them to take drastic measures to improve their daily catch. Armed with just a spear, they dive into depths of over 20m for bigger and more fish. Their homemade air supply system: a second-hand air con compressor that pumps air through an extended garden hose they grip between their teeth. These compressor divers risk decompression, paralysis, and death to provide for their families - a task for “Break-Neck Business”.
The National Bureau of Investigation or NBI, the Filipino version of the American FBI, is home to one of the Philippines’ most elite crime-fighting teams. Within the NBI, the anti-narcotics division is known to be the most dangerous with the highest death rate amongst agents. Raids on drug syndicates often result in violent gunfights as drug syndicates are highly armed with assault weapons. With only a bulletproof vest to protect them, the NBI agents put their lives on the line in pursuit of these hardened criminals. Follow “Break-Neck Business” as we venture into drug lord territories and apprehend members of one of the biggest drug cartels in the world.
Compressor Divers
The Badjao people of Bohol Philippines have always depended on the ocean for their livelihood. The pressures of living in today’s world have forced them to take drastic measures to improve their daily catch. Armed with just a spear, they dive into depths of over 20m for bigger and more fish. Their homemade air supply system: a second-hand air con compressor that pumps air through an extended garden hose they grip between their teeth. These compressor divers risk decompression, paralysis, and death to provide for their families - a task for “Break-Neck Business”.
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00:00The Philippines, a nation known for its popular tourist spots and varied cultures.
00:06It is also a land run by guns and drugs.
00:10The agents of the National Bureau of Investigations recently discovered that one of the world's most powerful drug syndicates has infiltrated the country.
00:19They are trying to expand their business operation in Asia.
00:24And they are on a mission to take them down.
00:30Okay, okay!
00:41Nobody wanted to be assigned in this division if they have a choice.
00:46We were assigned here and so we have to perform our job.
00:53The National Bureau of Investigation comprises Philippines' most elite crime fighters.
00:59Modelled after the American FBI, the agents of the NBI are tasked to investigate the most heinous of crimes across the entire Philippine archipelago.
01:09Today the NBI is at the forefront of the war against drugs.
01:12Ninety percent of the operations which resulted to the death of an NBI agency is from an anti-narcotics operation.
01:24That is going to be the worst plan I've heard all day.
01:27It is 8pm at night and the NBI office is still bustling with activity.
01:37We work here 24-7. As much as possible, if we conduct anti-narcotics operation, we don't go home.
01:48We're used to it. We stay here longer than we stay in our houses.
01:54The NBI agents seldom return home during a case, partly because of their dedication, but also to protect their families in case they are being followed by people who want them dead.
02:03The syndicates who may be following me, the hickmen whom they will hire to assassinate me, that happens every day.
02:11That will be your concern every day for the rest of your life.
02:14We have acquired the necessary steps warrant before the Vanilla Riddle Tower Court.
02:18The director has authorized an operation on this area.
02:20Agent Rizaldi Rivera has been an NBI agent for the last 22 years and was given an award for Outstanding Law Enforcer of the Year 2013.
02:30He is an expert at clandestine operations, including raids on drug dens and drug traffickers.
02:36It would maybe about six men, seven men, depending on the case.
02:42But if that is a large organization which is occupying, let's say, one, two or three different locations, you have to have a big group.
02:54You have to conduct a good briefing on that, because anything that will go wrong will be your responsibility.
03:02There are a lot of people there.
03:05When you do the briefing, I can notice it.
03:08Some are nervous.
03:10Some are very eager.
03:12Some are excited.
03:14You will notice it in the briefing.
03:16The NBI has to coordinate the operation with the police station to avoid misencounter.
03:30Once that is done, then the barangay.
03:34Barangay is the native Filipino term for a village, district or suburb.
03:38Do not coordinate prematurely.
03:44That would be premature.
03:46Because of leakages.
03:48The operation will probably leak.
03:57For me, I do the operation simultaneously.
04:00I lead the operation in the house.
04:02Let's say this is house number one or house number two.
04:04I am already there.
04:05I instruct a member of the team to do the coordination with the police and you do the coordination with the barangay.
04:12So when the signal is given, we are entering the premises.
04:16They are now coordinating with the police in the barangay.
04:17The FBI!
04:26wy, wy!
04:27wy!
04:28wy!
04:29wy!
04:30wy!
04:31wy!
04:33wy!
04:34You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say may be used against you. You have the right to have your own counsel of your own choice. As of now, you are being arrested.
04:53And in entering the house, what you have to watch out is a sniper fire. Like what happened in Tala, Caloacom City a month ago. An NBA agent was killed.
05:04That was a drug-related operation. About 40 NBA agents, they were conducting this kind of inventory of the items taken there.
05:15Three or four NBA agents are within the premises. They failed to do what I call a cover.
05:24They were staying outside the house, but within the premises. So an unfriendly fire. Bro, somebody's dead.
05:34That syndicate, remember that the person who was responsible in killing that NBA agent, I think, was never found. He was never arrested.
05:42Even with small-time drug pushers, an anti-narcotics raid presents imminent dangers.
05:48But the NBA agents are soon to take on one of the world's most powerful drug syndicates, the Sinaloa Cartel.
05:55Made up of over 7,000 islands, the Philippines is a smuggler's paradise with numerous entry points.
06:07It is a country plagued with widespread poverty, high unemployment rates, and a ready workforce willing to do anything for a relatively cheap price.
06:16This courier bringing in drugs by swallowing the pads.
06:22They were aboard the plane, then after they arrived at the place of destination, they will just go to the toilet and they will poo and get the drugs.
06:34Poverty has pushed many into doing unforeseeable things, including being drug mules and even assassins.
06:54Having put several high-profile criminals behind bars, Agent Rizzaldi has had several attempts made on his life by assassins.
07:03He has since learned to recognize these guns for hire.
07:06Usually, gun for hire syndicates are living as ghetto dwellers or slum dwellers.
07:15Because of the realities of life, they have no jobs, some of them are literate, they have no education at all,
07:23they were made tough by living in the streets, they resort to killing people to earn a living.
07:30If you're a prominent person, let's say you're a politician, somebody wants you dead, well, the price is, of course, higher.
07:40But if you're an ordinary person, well, the killing may be consummated over two bottles of beer.
07:53It is for this reason that we have to conceal most of the agent's faces in order to protect their identities.
08:00This is especially important when it comes to anti-narcotics operations, where powerful syndicates are involved.
08:10Today, the NBI agents have recruited two of their assets, who will be sent to document a drug sale with a hidden camera.
08:16The transaction has to be caught on camera in order for the courts to approve the NBI's application for a search warrant.
08:38But if the informants are found to be carrying a spy camera, their lives will be in danger.
08:43This place is for lowlifes, you know, this is a drug-infested area, and so many gangs are protecting this site.
08:57That's why we have to be very careful in going and extricating from this place.
09:04The van with the informants has heavily tinted windows and is backed up by two other vehicles filled with agents in case something goes wrong.
09:29There are two kinds of law enforcement, like angels, like angels, some angels, they guard the gates of hell, and every demon that comes out, they catch them.
09:45Us, we go inside hell, and then you catch them and drag them out of hell. That's our job.
09:52First, we are going to tour the area so that you can see the area, okay? And then we drop them off, and they will do their things.
10:05If anything bad happens, just stay on the floor. Just stay low.
10:15But don't kiss my ass, okay?
10:17Okay.
10:17In spite of the light-hearted banter, one can sense the tension as the van nears the target location.
10:27Both the informants are terrified of being seen, despite the tinted windows.
10:35We're going to train left there.
10:36Turn around here, please don't see those guys.
10:40This is the layer.
10:42This is the layer of the...
10:44The drug load.
10:45This is the drug impest.
10:47This one.
10:47This one.
10:47This one.
10:48This one.
10:48This one.
10:49This one.
10:49This one.
10:50We're going to hit this one.
10:51This one.
10:52This one.
10:52This one.
10:53This one.
10:54This one.
10:55You see those people, they're just watching.
10:57You can see their faces when the car passes.
10:59They look at the paint numbers.
11:01And then when you pass right, they will drive it down.
11:06And then when you come back again, they'll know that you're conducting surgery lines.
11:10Once the van is out of visual range from the target location, the informants are sent to work.
11:23There's this one.
11:24Next, what the saying is really important is vision is vision of the billion forces
11:31.
11:31Why?
11:32Wow!
11:33Howtward me.
11:34Right now, I'm 1,000.
11:365,000?
11:371,000!
11:40Because that's rich.
11:42Thank you, I got 155!
11:44There's this one.
11:46It's less, even, big.
11:47It's not become a big one.
11:47150.
11:48Look!
11:48Can be enough of 150!
11:49The test buy was a success, with the acquisition of two sachets of methamphetamine hydrochloride,
12:09also known as shabu.
12:11This operation was carried out on a small-time pusher, but recently, the NBI have uncovered
12:17a big fish in Metro Manila.
12:28On the 25th of December, 2013, a raid on a farm recovered more than 80 kilograms of methamphetamines
12:35and revealed the presence of the Sinaloa Cartel, an international drug syndicate.
12:42They are perceived as one of the most notorious gang in that country.
12:47And they are not only drug traffickers, they are also considered as executioners because
12:57they murdered some people in that country.
13:01We received an information that they are selling drugs in Greece, US, and Canada.
13:10They are trying to expand their business operation in Asia, not only in the Philippines, but in
13:18Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, all over Asia.
13:23The Sinaloa Cartel is believed to be operating in 50 countries, and is the biggest supplier
13:30of illegal drugs to the United States.
13:33The United States Intelligence Community considers the Sinaloa Cartel the most powerful drug trafficking
13:38organization in the world.
13:43The NBI agents have received a tip-off on key members of the Sinaloa Cartel.
13:48Should they succeed in this operation, it will be a big win for the international war on drugs.
14:02A raid on a local farm last Christmas uncovered the presence of one of the world's most powerful
14:07drug cartels in Manila.
14:09Some of the members of that kind of gangsters are here in the Philippines.
14:18And they are renting very expensive houses and condominiums.
14:25The NBI agents have been tracking partners of the cartel as they transfer their base of
14:30operation from one place to another.
14:34It is a matter of time before the drug lords realize they are being tracked, and the NBI needs
14:38to act fast.
14:40We are here at the Bakati City Hall for us to apply a search warrant so that we can
14:45legally enter the place where they live and where they dwell.
14:50Can they dwell in the Philippines?
14:51Can they hear me?
14:52Can they hear me, sir?
14:53Can they hear me people?
14:54Can they hear me, sir?
14:55Can they hear me, sir?
14:56Can they hear me, sir?
14:57Can they hear me, ma'am?
15:00Can they hear me up?
15:01Can they hear me?
15:02Can the witnesses come out, are they ready?
15:04How many witnesses do they have?
15:07One of our problems is our law, the R.A.9165.
15:15This law seems to protect drug lords than the law enforcers
15:22because there are so many requirements before you can conduct a search warrant.
15:28Most of the cases were being dismissed because of non-compliance with Section 21,
15:36the three witnesses requirement, which I think is not practical
15:42because sometimes you cannot find elected officials
15:46because sometimes some of the barangay elected officials are also involved.
15:52And some judges also and prosecutors are being bribed by these drug lords
16:00and that the case were being dismissed even if it is an airtight case.
16:07So there is a big problem. We have some time to face as law enforcers.
16:20Today the NBI have submitted five search warrant applications
16:24but they have directed the judge to give special attention to the one involving the Mexican cartel.
16:29The NBI needs expeditious processing of this case due to a probable threat.
16:34The Mexican cartel has been undercutting the Chinese triads
16:39and a drug war is likely to happen with dire consequences.
16:49To ensure a fair hearing with no foul play,
16:51they have decided to raffle the five cases between different judges.
16:55This process is for the raffling of the case.
17:02This denotes who the judge that will get this case.
17:08So there's no bias.
17:13For example, case number one.
17:15Who will get case number one?
17:17So they will turn this wheel.
17:23Oh, 147. That is Bruns 27.
17:26Under Bruns 27, the judge of Bruns 27 will get the first case.
17:32This is the second one.
17:34Okay.
17:37What's the problem?
17:40Mama, explain lang po sa kamila yung process po ng raffling po ng case.
17:44Sears Suarang.
17:45Oh, okay.
17:46Sears Suarang, inapro you, yun yun O.
17:48I'm not.
17:49Here's Suarang to.
17:50I am not aacı.
17:51She's them all.
17:56Mr. Bad.
17:57You should not have allowed this thing.
17:58They're not.
17:59You should ban all of these away.
18:01Because this is Suarang.
18:02So I'm just-
18:03Banned po sila.
18:04I don't.
18:05I'm going to want to see those cameras.
18:07With that, the NBI agents are ushered out of the courtroom along with the cameras.
18:15As the five cases are being raffled in the courtroom, the NBI agents can only wait along the corridors for the results.
18:44It is a wait that has started since 10 a.m. this morning.
18:48It was already 5 o'clock, so we've been advised by the judge that they will give a search warrant on Monday.
19:00He can outrightly deny the search warrant this afternoon since he told us to go back on Monday.
19:08Maybe.
19:14The application for the search warrant on the Sinaloa Cartel case has been approved, and the NBI agents have been deployed to enforce it.
19:25Tonight, the NBI agents will be coordinating a simultaneous raid on three luxury apartments believed to be where the cartel have based their operations.
19:34The NBI agents will give a look.
19:44James!
19:45James!
19:46James!
19:47James!
19:48Get down!
19:49Get down!
19:50Get down!
19:51Get down!
19:52Get down!
19:53Hey!
19:54Okay!
19:55Okay!
19:56What is your name?
19:59James, where is your gun?
20:01I don't have a gun.
20:02James Ria, a notorious Canadian gangster,
20:05was believed to be working directly with the Sinaloa Cartel
20:08when he set up a major drug operation in Manila last year.
20:12The search of the luxury penthouse uncovered just a bag of unknown substance.
20:19But the simultaneous raid on the other two apartments
20:23turned up enough cocaine, ecstasy and methamphetamines
20:26to fill at least three suitcases.
20:29We have uncovered the Mexican Cartel here in the Philippines.
20:33We have apprehended at least two members of the Mexican Cartel.
20:42Right here in this?
20:44Yes, right here in this.
20:45You know, this is a condominium.
20:48They are distributing drugs here.
20:52Ecstasy, cocaine and shabu.
20:55James Ria and his partners had been operating in Manila for seven months
21:03before they were arrested tonight.
21:05If convicted, he will spend the rest of his life in prison.
21:09Nobody wanted to be assigned in this division if they have a choice.
21:22But I try to love this kind of job.
21:25Because if nobody will be doing this, there will come a time in the future that the society might crumble.
21:35And my son might be victims of these drug traffickers or these criminals who are using drugs.
21:45The NBI agents have managed to stop one of the most powerful drug cartels from infiltrating the Philippines.
21:52But that is just one of the many drug operations in the archipelago.
21:57It's been a long since time immemorial.
22:00The problem and illegal drugs was already there.
22:04But I think we just reduce the problem if we cannot totally eradicate the problem.
22:15Bohol, an island situated in the central Philippines, is a popular tourist destination with scuba divers.
22:32But to some of the locals here, diving is not about beautiful corals and colourful fishes.
22:39It is about making a living.
22:55They are compressor divers.
23:09Imagine putting your own life at risk several times a day in order to provide for your family.
23:34That's the reality of being a compressor diver.
23:38With just an ordinary plastic hose connected to a rusty compressor,
23:42often salvaged from old air conditioners and fridges,
23:45these fishermen dive as deep as 30 to 40 metres
23:49to catch fish with just the meagre air pumped through these tubes.
23:55Known as one of the most dangerous methods of fishing,
23:58this stripped-down method of diving has no regulators, mouthpieces
24:02or any other safety gadgets that ordinarily help divers.
24:08The poverty situation in fishing communities,
24:16either in the Philippines or some labouring countries here in Southeast Asia,
24:19is very dire that they were even not able to buy the basic fishing implements.
24:27Diving to depths of more than 20 metres,
24:30these compressor divers do not have adequate safety equipment.
24:35For small-scale fishermen, if they have no other alternative,
24:39meaning to say that they would not be able to buy hook and lines or gill nets,
24:46which are sustainable methods of fishing,
24:48in some cases they are too poor, even to buy those very cheap fishing implements,
24:54then they have no other alternative but to get into illegal fishing.
25:01Compressor diving has been banned in the Philippines since 2002,
25:05due to the high risks divers are exposed to.
25:08Air is supplied to the divers via lengths of plastic hoses connected to a used air compressor,
25:16salvaged from fridges or air conditioners.
25:19The delivery end of the hose is simply held by the divers' teeth.
25:23Not only do these divers breathe contaminated air,
25:28but the hoses run for lengths of over 40 metres
25:31and can easily get entangled, twisted and damaged.
25:35A recipe for disaster when you're 20 metres underwater with no other air supply.
25:41This one is Bajau village.
25:54Bajau means man of the seas.
25:57Traditionally, the Bajau people are sea gypsies,
26:00travelling by boat from one island to the next in search of a fishing harvest.
26:04As a schoolteacher, Marie Fer is helping educate the next generation of the Bajau people,
26:12so that they will have options in life other than fishing.
26:16But in the first years, my father did not use a compressor.
26:21It was just a hand-hand hand.
26:23And it was just their own bubu.
26:28Bubu means to free-dive in Bajau.
26:31In the past, the Bajau people would free-dive,
26:34often to depths of 20 metres in a single breath,
26:37and stay for several minutes in search of fish.
26:42They could stay in the water safe for something like 10 minutes,
26:46without any air compressor whatsoever.
26:48But if that's the case, then there would not be any problem with that,
26:51because it's just free-dive, skin-dive.
26:53There's no problem with that.
26:54The problem is if they are using air hoses when they're staying at the bottom.
26:58But as the world got more expensive,
27:01the Bajau people had to keep up with the cost of living.
27:04They had to find ways to catch more fish.
27:07They found compressor diving.
27:10The main reason would be to stay longer underwater.
27:15That's the main consideration for fishermen.
27:17Compressor divers face the same risks as scuba divers.
27:20The difference between the two lies in the safety measures taken to minimise these risks.
27:26Diving is actually a very safe spot.
27:28However, there's a lot of inherent risks involved.
27:31Because, well, we thought about decompression sickness as one of the major things that will happen for scuba divers.
27:38Basically, decompression sickness is a problem faced by divers when we do not follow safety precautions.
27:46What happens is the nitrogen that we breathe in using a compressed air will basically get absorbed into our body tissues.
27:53The worst case is whereby we get air embolism whereby the air actually rushes into the blood streams.
28:02You run a risk of full-body paralysis or even worst-case convulsion and death.
28:10Scuba divers are armed with much knowledge and equipped with many safety gadgets to prevent decompression sickness.
28:17One such gadget is the dive computer that tells the depth and duration of each dive.
28:23Costing between $500 to $2,000, it is beyond the reach of the compressor divers.
28:29That's essentially one of the problems.
28:31When they go down at sea, the first thing you have to know the depth.
28:34They should have this subversible pressure gauge so that they will determine what depth they are in.
28:40Because each particular depth, at a maximum say something like 105 feet, you could only stay there for five minutes.
28:47The fishermen don't know about these things because they are not trained to do recreational diving.
28:52They only know that if they could breathe underwater, then they could stay there for almost eternity.
28:57And then that's the problem.
28:58There are also some reports that fishermen who ascend too fast from the bottom of the ocean essentially got paralyzed and some essentially died for that particular reason.
29:10Abdul Osmeña has been working as a compressor diver for decades.
29:15Some years ago, he lost the function of his left arm and leg.
29:19During his consultation with the doctor, Abdul was told that his paralysis was the result of compressor diving.
29:39But he has another theory.
29:41I was able to live here, and I was able to live here.
29:47I was able to live here.
29:48I could live here, and I was able to live here.
29:51Many of them were able to live here in the old days.
29:59They were able to live here.
30:04For many years now, Abdul has been unable to leave his house.
30:21He spends most of his days sitting in the same place watching the sea.
30:28The onus of bringing home the bacon has fallen upon his sons,
30:32the eldest of whom is already a compressor diver.
30:36His younger son, Lopez, is soon to follow suit.
30:39For me, when I'm a compressor, we're going to have a cup of water.
30:43It's a big deal.
31:00Banjing started compressor diving when he was 13 years old.
31:04With 27 years under his belt, there are a few situations he hasn't encountered.
31:08You should never go there.
31:19There should be not be the agua.
31:21There are no other waters.
31:23The only ones I asked for is to find the water that's full of water
31:28from our convex Damных River
31:31This is the cold to me.
31:33I put a shower away in the river
31:37After just three months of rest, Banjeng went back to compressor diving.
32:02But today, he encounters a different problem.
32:07His air compressor has broken down and he needs to buy new equipment.
32:29It takes Banjeng 45 minutes on the jeepney to get to town, where he is to go shopping.
32:34A brand new compressor will cost around 35,000 pesos.
32:39Banjeng can only afford a thousand.
32:43He can only afford to shop in the scrapyards.
32:46Second-hand air compressors often come with problems.
33:04Banjeng has to find one with the least damage, as his life depends on it.
33:09After spending an entire afternoon hopping from scrapyard to scrapyard, he finally finds
33:19one in a junkyard selling used car parts.
33:24This air compressor once supplied air conditioning in a vehicle, but by tomorrow it will become
33:29part of Banjeng's dive equipment.
33:38Despite having witnessed his father's condition, Lopez has chosen to follow in his footsteps.
33:45Today is Lopez's first day of work, and his first time diving with the air compressor.
33:52As aking man of the compressor, nangayigig kami account eh.
33:55Napagkatan.
33:56Although some of them actually know that it's dangerous for them.
33:59But it's a question of whether using air compressor now, or having difficulty in the future because
34:05no one will be able to pay for their expenses or even feed their family.
34:10Like most people in his village, Lopez does not own a boat or an air compressor.
34:15He will be diving for a neighbor who is moderately wealthier and will pay him proportionately to
34:20his catch.
34:22Some of the owners of the fishing boats compelled these fishermen to stay longer times at the
34:27bottom.
34:28And since these people are poor and they cannot do anything about it, they are at the mercy
34:33of the captain of the boat, the owners of the boat.
34:38The mask, the homemade fins, the speargun he will be using, and even his half-torn wetsuit
34:44was borrowed from a friend.
34:46It's so cute.
34:47I'm so cute.
34:48I'm so cute.
34:49I'm so cute.
34:51I'm so cute.
34:56Without formal training, Lopez learned various techniques by watching others at work.
35:02He twists the hose around his body so that he will not lose this lifeline underwater.
35:14As the crew cranks up the compressor, Lopez takes a moment to prepare himself.
35:24Lopez's boss gives the go-ahead.
35:26Lopez's boss gives the go-ahead.
35:31Within 10 minutes, Lopez has to surface.
35:41Lopez finds it difficult to breathe through the tube.
35:48He spends the rest of the morning on the boat, nursing a headache and suffering from nausea.
35:53He will not be paid today.
35:55He will not be paid today.
36:00Compressor diving is a double-edged sword for the Bajau people.
36:05It has been their main source of income, but it is also the cause of much heartache for
36:24many.
36:36Kika is only in her early twenties, but already she has been made a widow.
36:43Today, Kika is looking to speak with her husband's colleagues in the hopes of finding out exactly
36:51how he died.
36:53She remembers the night before his death vividly.
36:56When we train divers, we keep telling them, prior to a dive, do not drink alcoholic drinks,
37:09because it will actually predispose you faster to nitrogen narcosis.
37:15When we train divers, we keep telling them, prior to a dive, do not drink alcoholic drinks,
37:21because it will actually predispose you faster to nitrogen narcosis.
37:28Narcosis produces a state similar to drunkenness.
37:32This impairment of judgement is the most dangerous aspect of nitrogen narcosis,
37:37as it causes divers to act in a reckless manner.
37:42Kika's husband had consumed a substantial amount of alcohol hours before his last dive.
37:48Narcosis is likely to be one of the causes of his death.
37:54It has been a year since Kika's husband died, but it is only now that she finds the man who dived with her husband.
38:01He tells Kika her husband was pressured to catch more fish because he was facing financial problems.
38:07Against the advice of his colleagues, he dived deeper than usual that day.
38:13It's like taking a McDonald's straw, linking them out underwater, all the way to the surface,
38:28and trying to draw air from that thin straw.
38:31Firstly, the breathing will not be as efficient as compared to scuba divers.
38:34Secondly, the aircom compressor delivers air to five to six persons at the same time.
38:40The power it takes to generate the compressor, to pump the air at the pressure to them,
38:46it's not going to be as efficient.
38:49Kika's brother is now the breadwinner of the family.
38:52He too works as a compressor diver.
38:55Like most of the men in the village, Panjeng is the sole breadwinner of his family.
39:18His wife and four children eat whatever he catches.
39:29When Panjeng has excess fish, he either sells them or trades them for other essentials.
39:42It has been a few days since Panjeng's last dive as his compressor was broken.
39:47Today, he needs to make up for lost time.
39:57.
39:59.
40:05Poverty causes banjeng to improvise, unable to afford proper debt,
40:07and avoid some great money from the rest.
40:09It's not my peers, but it's not my children.
40:11It's not my children.
40:12It is my children.
40:13It's not my children who lose my children.
40:16I have to look at people who are loving their children.
40:17The children and their children.
40:19The children and children have to have alguma欲s.
40:22Poverty causes Banjeng to improvise. Unable to afford proper dive equipment, he makes his own.
40:52This is where we are going.
41:08A quick prayer, and it's time to go under.
41:12While he dives underwater, his wife stays on the boat to mend the air compressor.
41:22Actually, I need some opportunities for more people.
41:31We need some time for this.
41:36Two hours, three hours.
41:37On the solar panel, we need to lose our life.
41:40Just to be able to keep the doctor on the floor.
41:42We need a cigarette.
41:45I don't have to worry about that.
41:46Now we have to do everything else.
41:48Banjing has been diving since the afternoon, but the night dives is what he really looks forward to.
42:18Banjing leads a simple life and works hard to support his family.
42:33He is well respected and an honest man, but also an unlikely perpetrator of a crime.
42:40Even though he only dives in shallow waters, Banjing's body is already shown to him.
43:05But he chooses to believe that age is the reason for his physical pains, rather than compressor diving.
43:21It's a pain. It's a pain.
43:25If you lose small or minor problems, of course you run a risk of getting the type 2 decompression sickness.
43:34You will basically have full body paralysis. You can't move yourself at all.
43:39And that may be a permanent damage.
43:53Second thing is you might convulse water underwater. The worst case is immediate death.
44:00Tonight, with Banjing's bountiful harvest, he will be able to sell the fish and provide for his family.
44:06For now, the Bajau people see no option other than to live off the sea and engage in compressor diving.
44:19But with more Bajau children being educated, perhaps the next generation will no longer have to risk their lives to make a living.
44:26For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:31For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:35For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:41For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:42For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:43For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:44For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:45For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:46For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:47For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:48For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:49For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:50For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:51For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:52For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:53For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:54For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:55For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:56For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:57For Banjing, it's all about family.
44:58For Banjing, it's all about family.
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