The Department of National Defense on Tuesday assured the public that they are still hunting Major General Jovito Palparan who was tagged as
Defense Sec. Voltaire Gazmin told members of the House committee on Appropriations that his men are gathering information on the whereabouts of the fugitive general who had been accused of being the architect in the abduction of University of the Philippines students, Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan and the killing of several militant civilians suspected of being members of the New People’s Army.
“There is no let up. General Palparan’s arrest is still one of our top priorities,” Gazmin said as he claims that the bounty is P2 million.
He admitted that they are having a hard time in identifying the whereabouts of Palparan as he admits that there have been no significant leads to his arrest up to now.
Anakpawis party list Rep. Fernando Hicap asked if they have plans to raise the bounty for Palparan's capture, Gazmin said, "We will study that."
In August last year, President Benigno Aquino 3rd offered P2 million reward money for Palparan's capture.
The general was dubbed “The Butcher” by human rights organizations that hold him responsible for hundreds of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in areas where he was assigned as military commander.
Hicap said he believes that if the bounty can be raise up to P10 million like Janet Lim Napoles, bounty hunters will be challenge to look for the fugitive general.
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