Gordon wants DOJ to ‘perpetuate’ testimonies of witnesses in ‘ninja cops’ case

📆 10/16/2019 3:00 PM
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Senator Richard Gordon on Wednesday said he has asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to perpetuate the testimonies of the police officers in Mexico, Pampanga and some barangay officials who testified against Major Rodney Magalong and the 12 other policemen who conducted a drug buy bust in 2013.

Gordon, who chairs the Senate Justice and Human Rights, and Blue Ribbon Committees, said he has discussed the matter with Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra and stressed the need to protect the other witnesses in the Senate probe into the alleged involvement of some police officials in the recycling of illegal drugs seized in anti-drug operations.

Gordon was referring to the policemen who testified in the Senate that Baloyo and his men presented a different “Johnson Lee” at a press conference held after the allegedly illegal drug raid. “Mas kailangan ng protection ang mga witnesses. And I want their testimonies perpetuated,” Gordon said in a phone patch interview.

The senator said the testimony of the Mexico cops prove there was a grand cover up on the part of Baloyo.

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