Mamasapano probe body to make its report public

THE Philippine National Police-Board of Inquiry (PNP-BOI) has finished 70 percent of its probe and has seen what really transpired in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, on January 25 when a bloody clash there left 44 police commandos dead.

“Next week nga napag-usapan namin na pupunta kami sa Mamasapano dahil nakita na namin, nakumpleto na namin yung picture nung what happened at meron lang kaming iba-validate na mga claims, mga allegations, mga assertions, at yun ang pupuntahan namin dun sa Mamasapano, sa site mismo para alamin namin kung ano yung environment during the time [We have agreed to go to Mamasapano next week, we have come up with a clear picture of what really happened there and we just have to validate some claims, allegations, assertions, and those things are what we are going to check, at the site of the clash itself to know the environment at the time of the firefight] ,” Director Benjamin Magalong, BOI chairman, told reporters at the sidelines of turnover of 16 firearms of the slain Special Action Force (SAF) commandos at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City (Metro Manila) on Thursday.