Lacson’s arrest order upheld by judge 07/29/2010

Lacson’s arrest order upheld by judge

By Aytch S. de la Cruz
07/29/2010

Fugtive Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson will not be surfacing from his under-ground hideout in a long while after a Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge denied his appeal for a review as well as a revocation of his arrest warrant.

Lacson left the country for Hong Kong in early January this year and went into hiding, aware that an arrest warrant would be issued against him.

He had his lawyers appeal for a review of his case, seeking a reversal of the case filed against him by the daughters of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer.

Dacer, along with his driver, Emanuel Corbito was murdered in November 2000.

Based on the affidavit and testimony of Cesar Mancao, a closed-in aide of Lacson when he was the Philippine National Police chief and prior to that the chief of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force, Mancao pointed to Lacson as the brains behind the double murder of Dacer and Corbito..... MORE.

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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