(1st UPDATE) Royina Garma, known for her close ties with Duterte, is implicated in the killing of 3 Chinese drug lords
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MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives “quad committee” ordered the detention of a retired police colonel, who was an alleged member of the Davao Death Squad , for supposedly evading questions during a probe on Thursday, September 12.in contempt and ordered her detention within House premises. Abang Lingkod Representative Joseph Stephen Paduano moved to cite Garma in contempt after he asked the retired cop whether she was “special or close” to former president Rodrigo Duterte or not.
Garma, who also served as Cebu City police chief and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office general manager under Duterte, was invited by the House quad committee looking into extrajudicial killings and the drug war after she was implicated by persons deprived of liberty in the killing of three Chinese drug lords in Davao City. The retired female cop is known to have close ties with Duterte after serving for years in Davao.PDLs Leopoldo Tan Jr.
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