Department
of National Defense (DND) Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said Tuesday that with the
arrest of wanted retired Major Gen. Jovito Palparan, more high-profile
fugitives are expected to fall into the government's dragnet within the coming
days.
"We
will get them one by one," Gazmin said in Filipino but declined to mention
specific names for security reasons.
Palparan,
who was arrested early Tuesday, was part of the so-called "Big 5"
which includes Delfin Lee, owner of Globe Asiatique Realty Holdings Corp.;
former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes and his brother, Coron Mayor Mario Reyes; and
Dinagat Island Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr., the leader of the Philippine Benevolent
Missionaries Association.
Palparan
is charged with the kidnapping and illegal detention of University of the
Philippines (UP) students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño in 2006.
Lee,
who was arrested last March 6, is facing syndicated estafa charges for
defrauding Pag-IBIG Fund members of about PHP 7 billion by using fake borrowers
and fake documents.
The
Reyes siblings are wanted for the murder of broadcaster Gerry Ortega while
Ecleo has been convicted of parricide.
The
DND chief also disclosed a decision to create a task force to arrest these
high-profile fugitives so that these people can be brought to the bars of
justice.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=671914
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