LAWYER Ferdinand Topacio, head legal counsel of embattled Negros Oriental Third District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr., disagreed with the claim of the Department of Justice (DoJ) that the March 4 killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo is now 99.9 percent solved, following the arrest of a 'main player' in the crime.
Teves, Degamo's political rival, is being implicated as a possible mastermind behind the murder.
Counsels for those arrested during the recent police raid at the HDJ Agri-Venture Corp. sugar mill compound allegedly owned by the brother of Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. announce their plan to file a complaint with the Commission on Human Rights (CHR). In a press conference at the Pandesal Forum in Quezon City, they claim that police forced their clients to admit that the Teves kin had ordered them to bury the confiscated firearms. Present were (L-R) lawyers Edward Santiago, Ferdinand Topacio, lead counsel for Rep. Teves, and Toby Diokno.
PHOTOS BY BENEDICT ABAYGAR, JR.
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