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Philippines to accuse police, troops in killings
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 07 - 03 - 2013

MANILA — Philippine investigators will file a murder case against 35 police officers and soldiers for allegedly executing 13 people at a road checkpoint in a plan by a police colonel to eliminate a rival in an illegal gambling operation, the justice secretary said Wednesday.
An investigation ordered by President Benigno Aquino III into the killings concluded that the victims were summarily executed and there was no shootout as claimed by the security personnel.
Presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte said Aquino directed Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to file a criminal and administrative complaint after reading the report by the National Bureau of Investigation.
“The conclusion is that no shootout occurred,” de Lima said. “The victims were summarily executed and all indications point to a rubout.”
She said the NBI will file a criminal complaint with state prosecutors, who will decide whether there is enough evidence against the 21 police and 14 soldiers before filing the case in court.
The investigation found that the killings were a plan by the police colonel who led the security force at the checkpoint, Hansel Marantan, to eliminate his rival in the illegal gambling operation.
Local newspapers have reported that Marantan was a protector of an illegal numbers game called “jueteng.”
Marantan has denied any wrongdoing.
De Lima said the police and soldiers also face charges of obstruction of justice for tampering with evidence, including repositioning the weapons of the victims and submitting guns that were not used in the killings for forensic analysis, in an attempt to show there was a shootout when investigators found none. — AP


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