JUSTICE Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla has ordered the preventive suspension of Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director-General Gerald Quitaleg Bantag and the appointment of former Armed Forces chief Gregorio Catapang Jr. as officer-in-charge.

Secretary Remulla issued the order upon the recommendation of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to allow for an impartial investigation on the death of an alleged middleman in the murder of broadcaster Percibal Mabasa, popularly known as Percy Lapid, at the National Bilibid Prison (NBP)