The Angeles City Regional Trial Court has granted the bid of government prosecutors to turn as state witness one of the police officers involved in the abduction and death of Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo on October 2016. While Villegas has direct participation in the abduction of Jee, he did not participate in the killing of the Korean executive. Dumlao has been tagged as the brains behind the abduction and killing of Jee. The prosecutors admitted that there was absence of other direct evidence of Dumlao’s participation in the crime except Villegas’ testimony. Based on Villegas’ testimony, Jee was abducted and strangled to death inside the national headquarters of the Philippine National Police in Camp Crame.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 08, 2018 10:07 UTC