A Department of Justice (DOJ) panel preparing homicide charges against the members of the Philippine Coast Guard over the death of a Taiwanese fisherman has formally asked his fellow crewmen to appear before it, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said Sunday.

Asked to appear before the DOJ investigation were the three companions of slain fisherman Hung Shih-cheng, whose shooting death at sea in May badly damaged relations between the neighbors.

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