*About
Kuratong Baleleng; narco-politics; dollar deposits and houses;
the claims of Rosebud, Col. Victor Corpuz, Ador Mawanay, S/Supt
Rey Berroya; John Campos; Bubby Dacer; Kit Mateo; Blanquita
Pelaez; Ramon Tulfo; and being corrupt and gay.
LIE
#1:
"Ping Lacson ordered the 'rub-out' of the Kuratong Baleleng
gang members and has not been tried in any court."
THE
TRUTH: C/Supt. Jewel Canzon, not C/Supt. Lacson, led the task
force operations vs. Kuratong Baleleng.
FACT:
C/Supt. Jewel Canzon, as chief of the PNP National Capital
Region Office, was the commanding officer of the composite
team tasked to neutralize the crime syndicates responsible
for the series of bank robberies and kidnapping in Metro Manila.
One of its primary targets was the notorious Kuratong Baleleng
gang that robbed banks and killed innocent victims along the
way. He directed the whole operation, and did not report to
C/Supt. Lacson.
FACT:
C/Supt. Canzon, as task force head, owned full responsibility
for the operations against KB during the senate investigation.
FACT:
Task Force Habagat (under PACC), led by C/Supt. Lacson, was
only one of the four units that formed the composite team
The other command units in the team were the CIS, National
Capitol Region, Central Police District and the Traffic Management
Command.
FACT:
C/Supt. Lacson was in the barracks on the night of the shoot-out
on May 18, 1995. C/Supt. Lacson's only direct involvement
in the operations was to sign the terminal report together
with the other heads of the units in the composite task force.
FACT:
C/Supt. Lacson was charged before the Ombudsman as an "accessory"
for signing the operations terminal report together with P/Sr.
Supt. Francisco Zubia of the Traffic Management Group, C/Supt
Romeo Acop of the CIS and C/Inspector Cesar Mancao.
FACT:
The Arroyo administration wanted the senator arraigned as
a principal in early 2004 so he would not be allowed to post
bail and prevent him from physically campaigning for the 2004
presidential elections.
FACT:
In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court reversed its own
May 28, 2002 decision affirming the Court of Appeals decision
- remanding simply the case back to the RTC to adduce if requirements
have been complied with. Instead the SC directed the reopening
of the case and, in an unprecedented move, withdrew the case
from RTC Br 81 Judge Theresa Yadao.
The
case was re-raffled and but was again assigned to Judge Yadao.
On Nov. 12, 2003 Judge Theresa Yadao dismissed the case, still
finding no probable cause to charge Senator Lacson as principal.
FACT:
Contrary to the Arroyo government's claim that the case was
never reviewed and decided. The case was:
* investigated by the Ombudsman and dismissed on October 20,
1995;
* tried and dismissed by a Regional Trial Court, Br.88 on
March 29, 1999;
* the decision was affirmed by the Court of Appeals on August
24, 2001; and affirmed by the Supreme Court on May 28, 2002.
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