PNP chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde (File photo)
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte's move to offer a bounty for the capture of the suspects in the crime.
"What is good here is it will entice the people to come out and speak because we know that there were many witnesses because our policemen were executed right in front of the barangay folks there,” PNP chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde told reporters during a press conference held in Camp Crame.
“The report that reached us said the people from the barangay were gathered and the police officers were executed in front of them,” he added.
Duterte earlier offered a PHP1 million reward for the capture of the killers but later bared that he would add PHP300,000 to the bounty.
In a chance interview after his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, Duterte said he preferred to have the killers dead.
“Mas gusto kong patay sila. Kung patay sila magdadagdag pa ako ng PHP300,000 (I prefer to see them dead. If they’re dead, I’m going to add PHP300,000). So it’s [PHP1.3 million], just bring me the head of that idiot leader there,” Duterte said.
Over the weekend, the PNP in Ayungon, Negros Oriental filed multiple murder and robbery charges against six suspected NPA members for the killing of the four police officers in Barangay Mabato in this town last July 18.
Capt. Romel Luga, Ayungon police chief, confirmed on Monday that the criminal charges were filed against suspects Victoriano Bangala Anadon Jr., Jonathan Baldivino, Rengie Anadon Baluhabo, Gelie Anadon Ebedo, Joseph Torres Ogates, and Jelly Anadon Ebedo.
Except for Victoriano Anadon Jr., the five other suspects remain at large, Luga said.
Other John Does at large were also included in the complaint sheet, he said.
The suspects were charged for the murder of Cpl. Relebert Beronio, Pat. Raffy Callao, Pat. Ruel Cabellon, and Pat. Marquino de Leon -- all intelligence personnel from the 704th Mobile Force Company Regional Mobile Force Battalion of the PNP in Central Visayas.
Albayalde said the barangay chairman in the area is also being investigated over the incident and will be among those who will be slapped with murder charges along with the 11 NPA rebels.
“According to the regional director, ‘yung (the) barangay captain doon (there) is not off the hook kasi (because) based on the investigation, (he did not necessarily participate in the killing). But definitely, he was aware of the presence of armed group members and at the time when these people arrived, he was talking to the four police officers from 7:30 a.m. I think the police officials even had lunch with him and then, they were killed around 2:30 p.m.,” he explained.
According to Police Regional Office 7 director Brig. Gen. Debold Sinas, the four cops were "dragged, hogtied, buttstroked and ganged up by about 30-40 men with one officer's rib broken before they were shot kneeling down, resembling a summary execution, more than an ambush."
The victims were supposed to meet an informant who was believed to have set them up with the NPA for an ambush.
Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año earlier described the killing of the four police officers was a direct assault not just to the PNP but to the advocacy of the national government towards ending the decades-long communist insurgency in the country.
The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1075745
"What is good here is it will entice the people to come out and speak because we know that there were many witnesses because our policemen were executed right in front of the barangay folks there,” PNP chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde told reporters during a press conference held in Camp Crame.
“The report that reached us said the people from the barangay were gathered and the police officers were executed in front of them,” he added.
Duterte earlier offered a PHP1 million reward for the capture of the killers but later bared that he would add PHP300,000 to the bounty.
In a chance interview after his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, Duterte said he preferred to have the killers dead.
“Mas gusto kong patay sila. Kung patay sila magdadagdag pa ako ng PHP300,000 (I prefer to see them dead. If they’re dead, I’m going to add PHP300,000). So it’s [PHP1.3 million], just bring me the head of that idiot leader there,” Duterte said.
Over the weekend, the PNP in Ayungon, Negros Oriental filed multiple murder and robbery charges against six suspected NPA members for the killing of the four police officers in Barangay Mabato in this town last July 18.
Capt. Romel Luga, Ayungon police chief, confirmed on Monday that the criminal charges were filed against suspects Victoriano Bangala Anadon Jr., Jonathan Baldivino, Rengie Anadon Baluhabo, Gelie Anadon Ebedo, Joseph Torres Ogates, and Jelly Anadon Ebedo.
Except for Victoriano Anadon Jr., the five other suspects remain at large, Luga said.
Other John Does at large were also included in the complaint sheet, he said.
The suspects were charged for the murder of Cpl. Relebert Beronio, Pat. Raffy Callao, Pat. Ruel Cabellon, and Pat. Marquino de Leon -- all intelligence personnel from the 704th Mobile Force Company Regional Mobile Force Battalion of the PNP in Central Visayas.
Albayalde said the barangay chairman in the area is also being investigated over the incident and will be among those who will be slapped with murder charges along with the 11 NPA rebels.
“According to the regional director, ‘yung (the) barangay captain doon (there) is not off the hook kasi (because) based on the investigation, (he did not necessarily participate in the killing). But definitely, he was aware of the presence of armed group members and at the time when these people arrived, he was talking to the four police officers from 7:30 a.m. I think the police officials even had lunch with him and then, they were killed around 2:30 p.m.,” he explained.
According to Police Regional Office 7 director Brig. Gen. Debold Sinas, the four cops were "dragged, hogtied, buttstroked and ganged up by about 30-40 men with one officer's rib broken before they were shot kneeling down, resembling a summary execution, more than an ambush."
The victims were supposed to meet an informant who was believed to have set them up with the NPA for an ambush.
Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año earlier described the killing of the four police officers was a direct assault not just to the PNP but to the advocacy of the national government towards ending the decades-long communist insurgency in the country.
The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1075745
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