'Lungkot na lungkot siya,' says Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque.
RODRIGO DUTERTE. President Rodrigo Duterte holds a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases core members at the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang on June 30, 2020. Malacañang photo
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte was “deeply saddened” by the killing of 4 soldiers in Jolo, Sulu, and wants to speak with the 9 policemenDuterte began his meeting with the coronavirus task force on Tuesday night, June 30, by expressing his grief over the “misencounter,” and ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to expedite its probe, Roque said in a GMA news interview.for a meeting with the 9 policemen involved in the incident, who are now in detention.
“Lungkot na lungkot siya. Ang ginamit nga niyang salita ay siya ay ‘nanlambot, extremely sad,’ at gusto niya na pumunta mismo doon sa lugar kung saan nangyari, kung pupuwede, dahil gusto niyang ma-lift ang morale ng kasundaluhan dahil talagang parang mababa ang morale ng ating mga kasundaluhan. Hindi daw dapat nagpapatayan, nag-i-engkuwentro ang parehong ideolohiya.
When the soldiers drove some 50 meters past the police station, they stopped and one of them, Major Marvin Indammog, alighted to talk to the police tailing them. Then the cops shot him and his men.Patrolman Alkalaj Mandangan;Police Staff Sergeant Iskandar Susulan;'Murder, not misencounter' The police report of the incident claimed the soldiers tried to drive away after passing the police station, and pointed guns at the cops when they were cornered. The police claimed they fired in self-defense, which resulted in a gunbattle that killed the soldiers.on Tuesday scored the police report as “fabricated, full of inconsistencies, like a movie, and very misleading.”
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