Immigration: Lascañas still out of country
Retired police officer Arturo Lascañas describes how he and his group would torture their victims before killing them during an interview with the Associated Press at an undisclosed location Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Manila, Philippines. Lascañas testified Monday before a Philippine Senate probe linking President Rodrigo Duterte, mayor at the time, and other hitmen to nearly 200 killings including foreign drug suspects, that the officer and other members of a so-called death squad allegedly carried out. AP/Bullit Marquez, file
MANILA, Philippines —
@immigrationPH says more than 2 months since he left country, SPO3 Arthur Lascanas has not returned to the country.@PhilippineStar
— evelynzmacairan (@EZMacairan) June 13, 2017
Last April 8, Lascañas flew to Singapore for a supposed vacation via Clark International Airport in Pampanga . Reports said he was supposed to return on April 22 but the BI said he hasn't arrived in the country yet.
Lascañas is accused of attempted murder in connection with broadcaster Jun Pala's death.
Authorities are currently looking for Lascañas after the Davao City Regional Trial Court issued a warrant for his arrest on June 6 in connection with the attempted murder case filed by Jun’s widow,Louise Aguirre Pala.
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II also ordered the National Bureau of Investigation “to coordinate with the International Police Organization or INTERPOL to gather information on the location and whereabouts of Arturo Lascañas and to coordinate with the proper authorities for his apprehension,"
Pala was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle while walking home from work on Sept. 6, 2003. Lascañas claimed it was President Rodrigo Duterte, then city mayor, who ordered the killing of Pala. —Rosette Adel
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