A House leader has called on authorities to act swiftly in arresting those behind the killing of radio commentator Percival Mabasa, more popularly known as Percy Lapid.
"I urge the PNP (Philippine National Police) to immediately use the full force of the law to bring the perpetrators to justice," Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo said on Wednesday, Oct. 5.
"My heart goes out to the family and loved ones of slain DWBL radio commentator Percival Mabasa whose senseless killing deserves the strongest condemnation," said Salo, chairman of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs and a member of the Committee on Public Information.
"Such barbaric act has no place in a civilized society," he further said of the ambush on Lapid over the weekend.
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Lapid is the brother of Roy Mabasa, a former long-time scribe of the Manila Bulletin. Mabasa is also a former president of the National Press Club (NPC).
Lapid was ambushed by gunmen at around 8:30 p.m. Monday at the gate of BF Resort along Aria Street, Barangay Talon 2, Las Piñas City.
The Las Piñas City chief of police earlier said that he would give his cops 24 hours to solve the crime.