Military dares witness to name brain in priest’s murder

From the Sun Star-Davao (Nov 12): Military dares witness to name brain in priest’s murder

THE military urged the witness to name the military personnel who he claims to have ordered them to kill Fr. Fausto "Pops" Tentorio. This was in response to the testimony of an undisclosed member of the Bagani Special Forces during the Human Rights Violation Congressional Hearing held at the Davao Medical School Foundation recently. "Kung gusto gyud nila mapadali ang pag-imbestiga sa pagpatay kay Fr. Pops, i-identify dapat nila kung kinsa ang military personnel nga nagsugo. Sige na lang sila ug akusa sa military pero wala man diay gihapon silay mapoint-out nga specific nga tao. (If they want to hasten the investigation, they should identify the military personnel that made the order. They keep accusing the military for such killings but they can't point out a specific person),” said 10th Infantry Division spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Lyndon Paniza. "If possible, at least they could provide the battalion or division where the suspected military personnel is assigned so that they would have leads. We could even prosecute that particular military personnel ourselves if the witnesses could provide any specifics," Paniza added. Paniza also said they are more than willing to cooperate in the investigation should the allegations be proven true. He said, however, that they are confident the suspected military personnel is not part of the 10th ID as the place of incident in Arakan, North Cotabato is not their area of responsibility. In the hearing, the unnamed witness claimed that their leader alias Jan "Kumander Iring" received orders from the military to kill Tentorio because the priest was allegedly a supporter of the New People's Army.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/local-news/2012/11/12/military-dares-witness-name-brain-priest-s-murder-252953