Transfer of probe on Clarin, Misamis Occidental mayor’s killing welcomed

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:52:17 +0000

NAVARRO (right). (Juan Carlo de Vela)

The commander of the Special Investigation Task Group that had been created to look into the killing of Clarin, Misamis Occidental Mayor David Navarro welcomed President Duterte’s decision to let the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas handle the investigation.

Police Col. Gemma Vinluan, chief of the Cebu City Police Office, even thanked the President for relieving them of the duties to investigate the case.

“We are not demoralized. In fact, it seems like we were able heave a huge sigh of relief. We have so many things to do and we even have accomplishments that had been sidelined because of this issue,” said Vinluan.

Vinluan is also open to have the policemen who escorted the mayor during the attack be investigated.

Navarro was aboard a police vehicle together with five policemen and her two sisters when he was gunned down last Oct. 25.

The attack happened while the mayor was being transported to the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office for his inques
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