Police authorities have started inquiring into the killing of two members of human rights group Karapatan in Sorsogon last weekend, the chief of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group said on Monday.
“The case is being jointly investigated by the CIDG and local police. We have no updated details but we will provide [them to you] as soon as we get the report from our units on the ground,” CIDG Director Police Maj. Gen. Amador Corpuz told a news briefing.
According to PNP chief Police General Oscar Albayalde, Karapatan needs to prove and establish that victims Ryan Hubilla and Nelly Bagasala were really members of the human rights group.
“You know these people, they take advantage on almost everything…Even us, we need to confirm whether they are members of Karapatan or not,” he added.
Hubilla and Bagasala were gunned down by motorcycle-riding men at Seabreeze Homes Subdivision in Barangay Cabid-an.