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Mancao returns to testify vs. Philippine ex-president and senator

by dzrhnews | June 3, 2009 at 04:46 pm

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Former Philippine national police colonel Cesar Mancao has returned to Manila, after being confined for six months in the US. Mancao is one of the principal accused in the murders of Salvador "Bubby" Dacer and Emmanuel Corbito in November 2000. A few months before his return, Mancao executed an affidavit pointing to his former boss, now senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson, as having masterminded the abduction and subsequent killing of Dacer and Corbito, Dacer's driver.

On his return, the Dept of Justice intends to reopen the case and initiate a charge against Lacson, and former president Joseph Estrada. Lacson has said Mancao's return is part of Malacanang's effort to discredit him and damage his political career.Lacson was chief of the Philippine National Police when the Dacer-Corbito murders happened.

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Babel-Fish

at 05:05 on June 4th, 2009

Mancao and Aquino have also been linked by local investigators to the 2000 slaying of late public relations man Salvador "Bubby" Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito, along with the alleged rubout of Kuratong Baleleng gang members.

Mancao and Aquino operated under the defunct Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (Paoctf) and fled to the US following the 2001 'Edsa Dos' people power uprising that ousted the administration of former President Joseph Estrada.

Both former ranking PNP officials are reportedly close associates of Senator Panfilo Lacson, under whom they served when the lawmaker was still PNP chief during the Estrada administration.

Now there is an election in 2010 and Estrada is a contender for president the dirt is about to fly, lol

jarb

at 01:01 on June 6th, 2009

Mancao, former PNP leader who now becomes a witness of a crime, I was just thinking, why now? Why have you not pushed your campaign before? Would you not want Lacson to win for the election? Will he win? this is so political.