Policeman in massacre case pleads for bail

A POLICE officer implicated in the killing of 58 people, including 34 journalists, has asked the Quezon City Regional Trial Court to reconsider its earlier decision denying him the chance to post bail and gain temporary freedom.

Accused Chief Insp. Sukarno Dicay, former Maguindanao Province deputy police chief, argued that he should be given the chance to post bail because his “presence at a police checkpoint should not be questioned” as it was part of his duties and that the testimony that he was among those who shot and killed the victims remains uncorroborated.