Senate postpones inquiry into hostage crisis09/01/2010 The Senate yesterday suspended its inquiry into the recent hostage bloodbath that cost the lives of eight Hong Kong tourists to give way to joint investigations of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Justice (DoJ) on the incident. “I consulted the other senators including the Senate President (Juan Ponce Enrile), and the consensus is to postpone indefinitely until the final investigation report so that we will not lose our concentration and focus being undertaken in a parallel capacity of the DoJ, Philippine National Police (PNP) and DILG,” Sen. Gringo Honasan, chairman of the Senate committee on public order and illegal drugs, said. Honasan added the postponement of the Senate hearing has nothing to do with the gag order issued by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima but rather as a result of a consensus among Senators. “We will not preempt whatever facts that will come out in the investigation of PNP, DILG, DoJ and Hong Kong authorities,” Honasan, a former military colonel, said. He said he has his own practical reason to postpone the second Senate inquiry which was supposed to be held either today or tomorrow.... MORE |
Source: The Daily Tribune
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