'We want to know how the stolen painting was traveled from Negros Occidental to Manila, and how the nabbed suspect bought it,' says Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office director Colonel Rainerio de Chavez
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Colonel Rainerio de Chavez, director of the Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office , confirmed the news to Rappler on Friday afternoon, July 12, saying members of the Hofileña family who were based in Manila had already reclaimed the stolen art piece. De Chavez said he had already ordered Colonel Mark Anthony Derroca, chief of the Silay Component City Police Station , to go to Manila and coordinate with the NBI regarding the case.
“We also need to know who sold the painting or who were those who stole it from the Hofileña Museum in Silay,” he added.
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