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Ex-cops murdered Pinay, Israeli
By J.Lo
“It was planned activity… one day before the incident, Guiang and Abuso discussed their plan to kill the couple,” Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) director Maj. Gen. Leo Francisco said two counts of murder against two former police officers and other suspects in killing of Pampanga beauty queen Geneva Lopez and her Israeli boyfriend Yitshak Cohen are expected to be filed in the next few days.
At news briefing at Camp Crame, former police officers implicated in the crime were identified as Michael Guiang, allegedly mastermind whose motive was rooted in land dispute, and Rommel Abuso.
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Rommel Francisco Marbil revealed the two former police officers held rank of patrolman.
Investigation showed that Guiang had pawned piece of land to Lopez who refused to return it, according to Francisco.
Lopez and Cohen were supposed to meet Guiang and Abuso, who was introduced as potential buyer of the land, according to Francisco.
During meeting, couple was shot by the two suspects.
He stressed that Guiang had borrowed money from Lopez and could not pay it back. Lopez then wanted to take parcel of land pawned to her by Guiang. Abuso, posing as buyer, would then have paid Lopez money Guiang owed.
Francisco added that they are collecting more evidence and statements to support murder charges against Guiang, Abuso and other unidentified suspects.
CIDG chief detailed crime was committed within a day, with victims being shot inside vehicle that was later found burned.
Francisco confirmed two former police officers were arrested for illegal possession of firearms and explosives, and forensic cross-matching is underway.
He also mentioned that prime witness, only identified as “Jun Jun” was initially involved in the crime, but had change of heart and approached CIDG to provide information about incident.
The witness was present with Abuso during crime and has been crucial in piecing together sequence of events, according to Francisco.
At the same briefing, Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos dismayed over involvement of former police officers in the crime.
“It is painful because these are people paid by government to protect us…although they were AWOL..absence without official leave and dismissed from service, they still took oath to protect, and now they’re killing people…this is why it’s crucial to have mechanisms to filter out scalawags,” Abalos said.
Marbil noted that while suspects are in custody, case cannot be considered closed until charges are officially filed before court.
“On our part, we have gathered all evidence,” he said.
Abalos assured public that efforts are ongoing to cleanse ranks of PNP.
“We are really cleansing ranks here…these two individuals were removed from service a long time ago, but it’s frustrating and painful…however, 99 percent of our police force are heroes, sacrificing their lives for the public,” he said.
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