THREE suspects in the assassination of AKO Bicol Rep. Rodel Batocabe want to become state witnesses, Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Oscar Albayalde said on Wednesday.

He said the three, whom he did not identify, were applying under the government’s witness protection program after they surrendered to police and provided extrajudicial confessions about their knowledge of the crime.

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