Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
THE Department of Justice (DoJ) has formed a three-member panel of prosecutors for the preliminary investigation of the murder complaints filed against suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director-General Gerald Bantag and several others implicated in the killing of broadcaster Percival "Ka Percy Lapid" Mabasa and Cristito Villamor Palaña, the alleged middleman in the Mabasa slay.
The two complaints will be consolidated, with the first filed by the National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police last October 18 against self-confessed gunman Joel Escorial and his three alleged accomplices, brothers Edmon and Israel Dimaculangan, and a person identified only as Orly or Orlando. The three are still at large.
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