CITY OF ILAGAN, ISABELA —Top police officials of Nueva Vizcaya province who were sacked on Friday denied mishandling evidence in their investigation of the murder of National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace consultant Randy Felix Malayao. Jeremias Aglugub, Nueva Vizcaya police director, and Chief Insp. Malayao, 49, was shot twice while asleep inside a bus that made a pit stop in Aritao early on Wednesday. Nueva Vizcaya Rep. Luisa Lloren Cuaresma was dismayed over the PNP chief’s action and defended the relieved officers. “I believe these police officials did the right thing by respecting the rights of the victim,” she said in a phone interview.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 01, 2019 23:15 UTC