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“Assure airtight cases are filed and show no mercy in prosecuting those behind these senseless crimes,” Remulla said. “Let’s bring to justice those responsible for these crimes.”
Remulla made the statement after the DOJ found probable cause to indict three individuals for kidnapping, serious illegal detention, homicide, and car theft charges.
In a resolution dated Feb. 15, 2024, the DOJ panel of prosecutors has ruled that three people identified as Edgar Catapang Abarca, Eduardo Catapang Abarca and John Oliver Villanueva aka Carlo Acero Villanueva should be indicted before the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC) with four counts of kidnapping and serious illegal detention with homicide, four counts of kidnapping and serious illegal detention, one count of slight illegal detention and one count of carnapping.
As stated in the complaint filed before the DOJ by the Philippine National Police-Anti-Kidnapping Group Luzon Field Unit (PNP-AKG) last December 29, 2023, the three Filipinos kidnapped were released by the suspects in Calauan Laguna a day after the abduction.
The three Filipinos promptly reported the incident to police authorities which led to a series of operations.
Unfortunately, only the remains of four of the six Chinese nationals were recovered while the remaining two are still missing up to this date.
After backtracking and reviewing available CCTV footage, the police were able to trackdown the perpetrators that subsequently led to their arrest and the filing of the cases. — Rey E. Requejo
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