MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday said a special investigating team (SIT) had been created to conduct a new probe of the killing of Bayan Muna lawyer Gil Gojol and his driver Danilo France in Sorsogon City in 2006. The case of Gojol is among the cold cases included in the AO 35 inventory,” it added. Gojol and France were killed by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Sorsogon City in December 2006 after attending a hearing at the regional trial court in nearby Gubat town. A human rights lawyer and counsel of communities affected by mining in Rapu-rapu, Albay, Gojol was a former Sorsogon provincial board member. DOJ spokesperson Undersecretary Mark Perete told reporters a number of cases would be reinvestigated following the inventory conducted by the interagency committee.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 20, 2019 21:33 UTC