De Lima dares Dumlao: File complaint vs coercive prosecutor 08/07/2010

De Lima dares Dumlao: File complaint vs coercive prosecutor

08/07/2010 For claiming that he was forced into implicating fugitive Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson in the double murder of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver, Emanuel Corbito, Department of Justice (DoJ) Secretary Leila De Lima yesterday challenged former Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF) ranking official, Senior Supt. Glenn Dumlao, to file a complaint against the government prosecutor who he claimed allegedly forced him into give incriminating testimony against his former boss, Lacson. De Lima was quoted as saying that it was unfair for prosecutors who have been hard at work on the case, to be accused by Dumlao with the media present saying that which Dumlao should do is to go through the correct process, which is to file his complaint against the prosecutor who coerced him into testifying against Lacson. De Lima also hinted that there could be someone who may have gotten to Dumlao in a bid to weaken the prosecution’s case. She, however, did not name names, although it is likely that Lacson, or his camp, may be putting the squeeze on Dumlao, not only to weaken the case, but also to make it easier for Lacson to have the case dismissed, as he is said to be a supporter of President Aquino, and had even his staff and his publicist work for the campaign of Aquino..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100807hed5.html

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