Mancao cries ‘harassment’ after Gatdula takes NBI rein By Pat C. Santos 08/15/2010

Mancao cries ‘harassment’ after Gatdula takes NBI rein

By Pat C. Santos 08/15/2010 State witness in the double murder case of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito, former Senior Supt. Cesar Mancao III, complained yesterday of serious harassment by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) which placed him under detention despite being under the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) Witness Protection Program, his lawyer said yesterday. In a statement issued to media yesterday, Ferdinand Topacio, counsel for Mancao, denounced an attempt to detain his client at the NBI compound Friday night. “(That is) contrary to the terms and conditions of the Witness Protection Program signed by my client with the Department of Justice when he entered the program last year.” Topacio said in a statement. Mancao’s testimonies were largely the basis of the arrest order on fugitive Sen. Panfilo Lacson, who he pinpointed as the mastermind in the double murder that happened way back in November 2000. Topacio attributed the change in the NBI’s treatment of Mancao started when the NBI transferred leadership to “people closely identified with Lacson.”... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100815hed3.html

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