5 HK survivors testify; NBI submits ballistic scan results
09/12/2010
Five Hong Kong residents who survived the bloody massacre resulting from a botched hostage rescue operations by the Philippine National Police (PNP) assault team last Aug. 23 have submitted their sworn affidavits taken by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) team sent to Hong Kong by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima.
She yesterday confirmed that the NBI team had arrived in the country and that the team brought home Friday evening the correlation report of the ballistic scanning and procedures, said to have been finished Friday morning.
“Our team from Hong Kong brought with them testimonies from five survivors, two of whom were in the bus up to the very end,” she said.
De Lima added that the affidavits were in Chinese and that the English translation of at least two witnesses is expected to be completed by Monday.
The Justice secretary also confrimed that the NBI team members also brought with them the ballistic report.
“But the actual analysis based on the results of the integrated ballistic identification system (IBIS) will be done here. We expect the report on that as soon as possible,” De Lima clarified.... MORESource: The Daily Tribune
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