SENATE Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has questioned the Public Attorney’s Office's (PAO) proposal to create its own forensic unit, calling it a mere duplication of the forensic works of government investigative bodies.

The senator vowed to transfer its P19.5 million budget to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) instead to improve its crime laboratory.

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