Lacson sends surrender feelers to Justice chief 07/09/2010 By Benjamin B. Pulta

Lacson sends surrender feelers to Justice chief

07/09/2010 By Benjamin B. Pulta Fugitive Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson has sent feelers for his surrender to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, she said yesterday. Lacson quietly slipped out of the country seven months ago to dodge an arrest warrant about to be issued against him by a Manila court last Feb. 5 over his indictment for the killing of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito. De Lima told reporters that Lacson’s surrender feelers were not directly sent to her, however. “Not to me directly, that is part of the confidential discussion we had,” De Lima said in reference to Lacson’s surrender feelers. De Lima said the change in the country’s leadership has prompted Lacson to consider returning to the country and face the criminal charges against him. De Lima, however, said the Aquino adminis-tration will not give Lacson special treatment as he has to go through the legal process as an accused in a criminal case. She said Lacson’s offer to surrender was part of the confidential discussion she had with National Bureau of Inves-tigation (NBI) Director Nestor Mantaring. De Lima noted that the DoJ and the NBI have yet to confirm reports that the senator is already in the country. Lacson was earlier reported to have fled to Hong Kong although the last information that the NBI received indicated that the senator was already in Rome. “The NBI itself does not have confirmation. The NBI said it has been receiving certain information that Lacson is already in the country. So far, the information the NBI had was that he is in Rome, from Hong Kong to Rome, and then it losttrack,” De Lima added.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100709hed2.html

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