SENATOR Richard “Dick” Gordon, the head of the Senate committee on justice and human rights, suspended indefinitely the presentation of Commission of Human Rights witnesses on extrajudicial killings and instead tackled the measure calling for the reimposition of the death penalty.

The committee was supposed to resume its investigation on the rampant extrajudicial killings and summary executions of suspected criminals Thursday.

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