Murder charges were filed before the DOJ against 3rd District, Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. and five others in connection with their alleged involvement in three separate killings that took place between March to June 2019. Know more:
MURDER charges were filed on Tuesday before the Department of Justice against 3rd District, Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. and five others in connection with their alleged involvement in three separate killings that took place between March to June 2019.
One of the victims in the killings was former provincial board member of Siaton town, Oriental Mindoro Miguel Lopez Dungog, who was felled on March 25, 2019 in front of the Siliman Medical Center in Dumaguete City.Lawyer Levito Baligod, counsel for the families of the victims, said among the witnesses who executed the affidavits against the respondents were members of the assassination team allegedly hired by the lawmaker to carry out the killings.
The witnesses have yet to enter the Witness Protection Program of the DOJ but are now in the safekeeping of authorities. Teves has denied any involvement in the killing of Degamo, but said he would not be surprised if he and his brother Pryde Henry Teves would be implicated in the crime. The Teveses are known political rivals of Degamo.
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