Navy personnel linked to murder of Pestao file complaint vs three military officers for covering up suicide case By Mario J. Mallari 01/26/2012

Navy personnel linked to murder of Pestao file complaint vs three military officers for covering up suicide case

By Mario J. Mallari 01/26/2012

Navy personnel linked to the supposed killing of Ensign Philip Andrew Pestao in 1995 have filed formal complaint before the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against three military officers, two of them also from the Navy and classmates of Pestao, for allegedly covering up what they claimed as suicide case.

In a letter sent to AFP Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Jessie Dellosa through their counsel lawyer Ana Luz Cristal, the accused Navy personnel, led by retired Capt. Ricardo Ordoez, maintained that Pestaos death was a case of suicide, citing several instances indicating his suicidal tendencies.

In their complaint, Ordoez and his former subordinates at the BRP Bacolod City charged Lt. Col. Felix Tayo, a member of the AFP Medical Corps, and Navy Commanders Joselito de Guzman and Romulo Vigilancia of covering up the suicide case..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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