Former Palawan governor Joel Reyes is the suspect behind the killing of journalist-environmentalist Gerry Ortega in 2011
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MANILA, Philippines — Fugitive former Palawan governor Joel Reyes, the suspect behind the killing of journalist-environmentalist Gerry Ortega, is now under the custody of Philippine authorities.on Wednesday night, September 11, that Ortega surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation Metro Manila office. Rappler has reached out to the NBI for more details, but they have yet to respond as of writing.
In March this year, large and respected media rights groups including the Committee to Protect Journalists and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines Complaints were filed against the former governor after Ortega’s killing, but the first panel of prosecutors cleared Reyes. Then-justice secretary Leila de Lima created a second panel, which charged him for the case in 2012.
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