Marvin Marcos who returned to active duty, still face homicide charges for the killing of Albuerra mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. and another inmate in the Leyte sub-provincial jail, a police official said Friday. “We just want to make it clear… The criminal case exists,” said PNP spokesman Chief Supt. “They will still have to face the homicide case for the killing of Mayor Espinosa and Raul Yap.”By Marcos’ account, Espinosa and Yap were killed when they resisted police officers serving a search warrant at their cells. The Justice Department later downgraded the murder charges to homicide, enabling the policemen to post bail. On Thursday, Senator Panfilo Lacson said that they will be looking into Duterte’s order to have Marcos reinstated and the Justice Department decision to downgrade his case to homicide.

Source: The Standard July 14, 2017 16:07 UTC