Former President Rodrigo Duterte was accused of ordering the killings of three suspected Chinese drug lords inside the Davao Prison and Penal Farm in 2016, former DPPF warden Supt. Gerardo Padilla said during yesterday's House Quad Committee hearing on extrajudicial killings linked to the brutal war on drugs under the past administration.
AN ACCUSING FINGER. Inmate Jimmy Fortaleza points to former Cebu Police Director PCol. Royina Garma as the one who allegedly called and congratulated him for the killing of the three alleged Chinese drug lords inside the Davao Penal Colony during the QuadComm hearing yesterday in the House of Representatives. Also in photo are C/Supt. Gerardo Padilla , PCol. Jovie Espenido and Atty Neri Colmenares .
Padilla, currently the head of the Directorate for Reformation of the Bureau of Corrections in New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City, said Duterte called him after Tan and Fernando “Andy” Magdadaro stabbed the three Chinese drug lords on the night of Aug. 13, 2016. Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel, for his part, said at least four witnesses have identified Garma as the one directly giving instructions or coordinating the operation to eliminate the three Chinese nationals.
Garma denied the allegations linking her to the killings of the Chinese nationals as well as insinuations of her perceived “closeness” to Duterte. Zamora focused on news articles she gathered about Garma and her marital problems with her ex-husband, Roland Vilela. Meanwhile, the House Quad Committee on Thursday ordered the detention of Police Master Sergeant Arthur “Art” Narsolis, who was implicated in the 2016 killing of the three suspected Chinese drug lords.Tan specifically named Narsolis as the one who allegedly visited him in July 2016 with a proposition to kill the Chinese inmates, claiming approval from higher-ups and offering a reward of P1 million per target.
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