Suspended BuCor chief Bantag attends Percy Lapid killing probe

Suspended Bureau of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag waves to reporters on the Department of Justice in Manila on Monday, December 5, 2022. Bantag is on the DOJ for the preliminary investigation into the killing of broadcaster Percy Lapid and particular person disadvantaged of liberty Jun Villamor. Bantag faces a homicide criticism within the mentioned case. MANNY VARGAS/Super Radyo dzBB

Suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gerald Bantag on Monday arrived on the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila to attend the resumption of the preliminary investigation into the killing of broadcaster Percy Lapid.

Suspended BuCor chief Gerald Bantag arrives on the DOJ for the resumption of the preliminary investigation on the case of Percy Lapid @gmanews @gmanewsbreaking pic.twitter.com/ytJ4SczkXA

— Joahna Lei Casilao (@joahnacasilao) December 5, 2022

Bantag, pointed by authorities as one of many masterminds behind the killing of Lapid and alleged intermediary and particular person disadvantaged of liberty Jun Villamor, whereas getting into the gate mentioned, “Sabi nila nagtatago ako. Hindi naman.”

(They mentioned I’ve been hiding. I wasn’t.)

He was not current throughout the first listening to on the case on November 23. 

Bantag is dealing with two complaints for homicide. —KG, GMA Integrated News