NBI ORDERED TO USE REASONABLE FORCE IN ARRESTING PING
DoJ eyes P2 million bounty for Lacson
By Benjamin B. Pulta 12/01/2010No more excuses. Authorities can no longer just keep on monitoring the movements of the fugitive. They must arrest him and have him face the music.
This was the gist of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima’s statements, as she has given the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) less than a few weeks to arrest murder suspect fugitive lawmaker Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson in connection with the killing of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito in November 2000.
De Lima issued the deadline following reliable information that Lacson is in the country.
An NBI team tasked to go after him has already identified the area where he is possibly hiding.
“The mission is to implement the arrest warrant. They have reports already, some updates have already been given to me but for obvious reasons,I cannot share that with you. But since they have yet to make any arrest, my order is for them to implement what they have to do within a few days,” De Lima said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101201hed1.html
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