MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte will meet with top officials of the military and police force to tackle the death of four soldiers in the hands of police officers in Jolo, Sulu, a cabinet official
said Thursday.
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the meeting is "coming very, very soon" as he refused to divulge more details, citing security reasons. "The President is going to the south to talk to our PNP , AFP commanders," he said in a Palace press briefing.Año, a former military chief who now supervises the PNP, said the President might also speak with the police officers involved in the soldiers' fatal shooting. "It is my duty also to make sure that justice is served not only because they are AFP people," he added.
Gapay had said even though the soldiers cooperated and identified themselves as military personnel, they were still shot dead. He said the men were not armed, and called the incident a "rubout." The PNP has relieved the chief of police of Jolo as the National Bureau of Investigation studies the case.
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