Security exec says investigation arrangements made
PNP blocks HK experts from hostage bus probe
By Gina Elorde
08/29/2010
The Philippine National Police (PNP) barred Hong Kong forensic experts yesterday from examining the tourist bus where the Aug. 23 hostage drama happened that led to the death of eight nationals and residents of the Chinese territory as local police investigators said they have not yet completed their own forensic investigation.
The denial of the Hong Kong experts from holding their own investigation into the incident happened despite an earlier assurance made by Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo to the Hong Kong government that the government will welcome a third-party investigator to verify the PNP’s findings and ensure transparency of the ongoing probe. Hong Kong Undersecretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok also told a Hong Kong newspaper that the arrangements had been made under an existing communication mechanism between the two governments to gather information for a likely inquest.
Five experts arrived yesterday to examine the Hong Thai tourist bus which was hijacked by a dismissed policeman last Monday in an 11-hour standoff that was covered live by media outfits worldwide.
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100829hed2.html
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