Marcos wants investigation into Percy Lapid slay to continue

Philippines' Secretary of Interior Benjamin Abalos Jr., (R) gestures with Philippines' Justice Secretary Jesus Remulla (L) during a press conference announcing suspects in the killing of radio journalist Percival Mabasa, at the Department of Justice in Manila on November 7, 2022. The Philippine prisons chief ordered the murder of a radio journalist after he was targeted on his show, police said Monday, announcing more suspects in the case that raised international alarm.

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MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. wants the investigation into the killing of radioman Percy Lapid to continue even with the gunman and mastermind both identified.

In an interview with Palace reporters aboard a plane en route to Cambodia, the chief executive urged investigators to get to the bottom of how an order to kill a journalist could have come from inside the national penitentiary.

“We’re trying to make sure that we know exactly what this is all about. The more we look, the worst it gets, this is too deadly right now,” he was quoted as saying partly Filipino in a report by state-run Philippine News Agency.

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