The viral videos showing the alleged killing of some members
of the 55th Special Action Company of the Philippine National Police-Special
Action Force (PNP-SAF) in a cornfield in Tukanalipao, Maguindanao on Jan. 25,
2015 were verified and have been proven to be original.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Department of Justice
(DOJ) Secretary Leila M. De Lima said that three to four videos, which became
viral in the social media, were included in the pieces of evidence of the NBI
in filing the complaint of complex crime of direct assault with murder against
some commanders and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and private armed groups (PAGs).
However, De Lima clarified that although they have already
identified the taker of the video, however, the same was not included in the
witnesses in government custody.
Aside from government witness with the codename
"Marathon" who is a prime witness, four others, who saw the merciless
killing of the 35 PNP-SAF members, pointed to and gave the names of the 90
identified respondents in the complaint.
Meanwhile, after Prosecutor General Claro Arellano received
the complaint, he still has to form a prosecution panel who will handle the
complaint for the conduct of the preliminary investigation wherein the
respondents will be given the opportunity to reply on the complaint against
them or debunk the accusations against them.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=806909
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