Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe into the killing of radio broadcaster Cresenciano Bunduquin in Oriental Mindoro last Wednesday, May 31.
“We’re asking the NBI to look into it, this killing, because we want to know the motives,” Remulla said during a press conference.
He said he issued the directive to the NBI on request of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director Paul Gutierrez whom he met on Wednesday.
“That is the job of the PTFoMS to make sure that the media members feel secure about their jobs. And our job also is to make sure that this is not repeated,” he stated.
Police reports stated that Bunduquin was gunned down by two assailants while he was opening his retail store in Barangay Sta. Isabel, Calapan City at around 4:20 a.m.
“Ang alam natin hinabol ng anak ‘yung salarin, napatay niya ‘yung isa, ‘yung isa nakatakas, nakuha nila ‘yung ID (We know that his son ran after the gunmen, killed one of them, and recovered an identification card),” Remulla said.
“Mukhang gun for hire (They seem to be gun for hire),” he noted.
“Kung sino umupa sa kanila dapat malaman natin (whoever hired the hitmen we should know them),” he said.
“Marami na kami mga leads kung ano ang mga motivations na pwede nangyari, kung bakit marahil pinatay itong tao na ito (We have many leads what could be the motivations and why the victim was killed),” he added.