The gunman who shot and killed senior broadcaster Bessi Rabi has surrendered and is currently detained by the Philippine National Police. He met with the media yesterday, accompanied by Interior Minister Aberos.
This newspaper reported: The authorities showed the media yesterday the murderer who allegedly shot and killed radio broadcaster Bessi Rabi, who allegedly surrendered to the police a day ago.
Interior Minister Aberos confirmed that the suspect was Estoy, 39, who lives in Jishun City. Arberos said Estori voluntarily surrendered himself with the help of his lawyer and signed an extrajudicial affidavit.
Estoja said in an interview with the media that he surrendered himself to the police out of fear and guilt. Previously, CCTV footage released by the authorities showed the face of what they said was the murderer of Rabi.
Estoja said, "A man who knew a policeman helped me. I was taken there. I was asked to surrender."
Aberos said Estoja was not a scapegoat because his gun matched the bullets found at the crime scene, and a torn shirt allegedly seen in surveillance video.
Astra said: "He didn't just admit this, because the gun itself would match the bullet. Ballistic match. Second, the clothes he tore off. Third, this is what the surveillance captured."
Estoy confirmed three other men, who were also believed to be behind the murder of Rabi, he said that this was an order from the New Billympic prison. They are Edmund. Dimakulangen and Isrel. The Dimakulangan brothers, and a man who only knows that he is called Oli or Orlando, is the one who gives them orders.
He said: "Whoever approaches Labi will be shot. It happened to be approaching me. He told us that if I don't shoot, I will be killed. That's why I shoot Labi."
Estoja said that their group of six people was paid 550,000 pesos to kill Labi, and they divided the bounty. He said he got 140,000 peso and deposited it into a financial bank account.
Yapalos called on the Dimakulangan brothers to surrender themselves to the authorities.
He said: "I call on these two brothers. The gunman has surrendered himself. It is better for you to surrender, because he really feels that his life is in danger and something may happen to you."
At the same time, Estoja asked Rabi's family for forgiveness.
He said: "Please forgive me. I don't want this."
The Justice Ministry will investigate the case of buying homicide journalists in prison
Attorney General Li Muja said yesterday that he would investigate claims that people from Billymy's prison may order the killing of broadcaster Rabi (Mabarca).
Estora, who considers himself a gunman, made this statement in an interview with the media yesterday. He said he and three others were employed to kill Rabi to obtain P550,000.
Limuja said at a press conference: "We will find out who it is. Once we find out who it is, we will protect the witnesses as much as possible because the water is deep."
However, Limuja admitted that this was the first time he heard of this statement and said that he would consult with Interior Minister Aberos, who showed Estoja to the media.
The Attorney General added that he will ask the Director of Corrections Bureau Vantag to report his knowledge of the issue.
He said: "I only learned about this until now. I immediately told him to report to us whether he knew, because what the gunman said and what the director knew, we don't know if it's the same. We can't assume."
Li Muja refused to confirm whether the case could be considered a closing.
He said: "We must know what crimes should be prosecuted. We must ensure that the conviction must be made and if we want to plead guilty, it must be properly reviewed. The testimony must be confirmed so that the police have the basis to act on what will happen later, because there is no doubt that Gunner is not the whole crime. It could be a complete conspiracy. Without the conspiracy, the Gunner would not be there."
Labi's brother and senior journalist Roy expressed doubts about Estoja's statement.
Correctional Services spokesman Chuckree said the authorities are taking measures to investigate the allegation.
He said: "Once I learned of the statement of the gunman's confession to the Labi case, we ask the National Prison Bureau to supervise the investigation of the so-called contact between the gunman and the unidentified prisoner as soon as possible and submit a report today so that we can directly answer all your questions. ”
He added: “At the same time, please rest assured that the Bureau of Corrections and Education is one with you in the process of seeking the truth together. Our policies in the National Prison Bureau are all designed to prevent convicted criminals from further harming our free society. It is wrong in all sense that a prisoner can still communicate with his accomplices to commit crimes outside. ”
He insisted that Billyne is not allowed to use mobile phones, “even in our offices.”
He added: “We will not tolerate this in the Department of Corrections and we are willing to undergo any investigation because we are serious about our work and if there are indeed mistakes, we will work hard to improve our system.” ”
