Meanwhile, the DOJ’s panel of prosecutors has allowed Bantag to file his counter-affidavit on the two murder complaints filed against him at the resumption of the preliminary investigation on December 5. READ:
“JUSTICE FOR BANTAG.”
Bantag is facing complaints of murder for the death of broadcaster Percival Mabasa, also known as Percy Lapid, and middleman Jun Villamor, an inmate from the New Bilibid Prison tagged as the one who contacted confessed gunman Joel Escorial to kill Lapid. “That is fatal because it refers to two different individuals. Definitely, Gerald Bantag y Soriano is not our client,” he stressed.Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Charlie Guhit said not even a lawyer appeared on behalf of Zulueta.
Guhit said there were no submissions of counter-affidavits during Tuesday’s start of preliminary investigation.
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