The Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation on Monday filed a complaint against suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gerald Bantag and others in relation the killing of broadcaster Percy Lapid. READ:
“A case has been filed with the prosecutors and from then we will proceed with the case proper and hopefully this issue will be laid to rest the way it should be,” Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said in a press conference.
Bantag was preventively suspended in October following the death of alleged middleman Jun Villamor, also known as Cristito Villamor Palaña, at the New Bilibid Prison.Meanwhile, Joel Escorial, the self-confessed gunman in the killing of Lapid, earlier saidEscorial did not specify who Bantag is, but Gerald Bantag was the director general of BuCor at that time.
GMA News Online has reached out to Bantag for his comment via text message, but he has yet to respond as of posting time. —
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