PNP criticizes Chong for 'contaminating' evidence in Santillan slay case
Published Feb 4, 2019 10:05 pm
by Mario B Casayuran
The Philippine National Police (PNP) criticized Sunday former Congressman Glenn Chong of “contaminating” the Toyota Fortuner SUV now being used as evidence in the shootout that figured in the killing of his close aide and driver Richard Santillan in Cainta last December 10.
(Glenn Chong via Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)
The accusation was leveled Sunday public hearing by the Senate public order and dangerous committee chaired by Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on the Santillan killing.
Chong maintained that Santillan was rubbed out.
PNP Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) and Crime Laboratory teams, which conducted the investigation of the crime scene and subsequent autopsy of the Santillan cadaver, dismissed the allegation that Chong’ aide was tortured to death
The PNP report stated that based on their honest to goodness conduct of investigations, there is no truth to allegations of attorney Chong that Richard Santillan was kidnapped, tortured, and killed.
Santillan, driving an unregistered Fortuner that was the subject of a police operation, was shot and killed in a gun battle last 10 December along Floodway, Barangay San Andres in Cainta, Rizal following a police chase.
“The result of the trajectory of bullets from Rizal PPO Crime Laboratory Office showed that Santillan was moving from the driver side to the passenger side of the vehicle while the firefight is ongoing,” the PNP also said.
“He (Santillan) was able to fire shots while outside the vehicle where he eventually died, thus, what happened was indeed a legitimate police operation,” police added.
During yesterday’s hearing at the Senate, Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, director of the Police Regional Office-4A, told Lacson that Chong went to the Rizal Provincial Police Office (PPO) last Saturday and barged inside the sealed vehicle.
Senior Supt. Lou Evangelista, acting director of the Rizal PPO, said that Chong, along with six companions, one of them a woman believed to be the wife of Santillan, went to the police office at around 11 a.m.
Evangelista said that Chong was initially looking for Santillan’s clothes and when he saw the vehicle he looked for a dash cam and forced his way to the Toyota Fortuner despite attempts to stop him.
“He forcibly broke the tape (police line)…the evidence was tampered…there was really no dash cam…after opening it and found no dash cam he (Chong) left,” he added.
(Glenn Chong via Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)
The accusation was leveled Sunday public hearing by the Senate public order and dangerous committee chaired by Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on the Santillan killing.
Chong maintained that Santillan was rubbed out.
PNP Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) and Crime Laboratory teams, which conducted the investigation of the crime scene and subsequent autopsy of the Santillan cadaver, dismissed the allegation that Chong’ aide was tortured to death
The PNP report stated that based on their honest to goodness conduct of investigations, there is no truth to allegations of attorney Chong that Richard Santillan was kidnapped, tortured, and killed.
Santillan, driving an unregistered Fortuner that was the subject of a police operation, was shot and killed in a gun battle last 10 December along Floodway, Barangay San Andres in Cainta, Rizal following a police chase.
“The result of the trajectory of bullets from Rizal PPO Crime Laboratory Office showed that Santillan was moving from the driver side to the passenger side of the vehicle while the firefight is ongoing,” the PNP also said.
“He (Santillan) was able to fire shots while outside the vehicle where he eventually died, thus, what happened was indeed a legitimate police operation,” police added.
During yesterday’s hearing at the Senate, Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, director of the Police Regional Office-4A, told Lacson that Chong went to the Rizal Provincial Police Office (PPO) last Saturday and barged inside the sealed vehicle.
Senior Supt. Lou Evangelista, acting director of the Rizal PPO, said that Chong, along with six companions, one of them a woman believed to be the wife of Santillan, went to the police office at around 11 a.m.
Evangelista said that Chong was initially looking for Santillan’s clothes and when he saw the vehicle he looked for a dash cam and forced his way to the Toyota Fortuner despite attempts to stop him.
“He forcibly broke the tape (police line)…the evidence was tampered…there was really no dash cam…after opening it and found no dash cam he (Chong) left,” he added.