Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said the Department of Justice (DOJ) will be fair in resolving the criminal charges filed in the killings of Filipino-Chinese businessman Anson Que and his driver.

A DOJ panel of prosecutors has started its preliminary investigation on the charges of kidnap for ransom with homicide filed by the Philippine National Police (PNP).

“We will be fair. We try our best just to follow the rule of law,” Remulla said during an interview with journalists on Thursday, May 8.

Prosecutor General Richard Anthony D. Fadullon said the PNP filed before the panel last week a motion seeking to discharge as respondent the son of the victim, Alvin Que.

“Ang sinasabi ng PNP doon sa kanilang motion is that walang sapat na ebidensya na maglilink o para isama si Alvin doon sa kaso (The PNP said in its motion that there is not enough proof to link or to include Alvin in the case),” Fadullon said.

“So sa tingin nila walang basehan para patuloy s’ya na mainclude pa rin as a respondent (The PNP believes that there is no basis to pursue his inclusion as a respondent),” he added.

Fadullon said the panel of prosecutors will resolve the motion in a resolution that will also include the determination if there is enough evidence to file charges in court.

“Once that’s resolved then that’s the time we will be able to find out whether he (Alvin Que) should be included or excluded,” he also said.

He added that the panel “has only 15 days within which to resolve.”

Three arrested persons have been named as respondents in the case. They are Filipinos Richard Austria and Reymart Catequista, and Chinese David Tan Liao.

Six other suspects who remain at large were also named as respondents in the case and they were identified as Roxian Guo, and Chinese nationals Haohua Yang, Fangquiang Yuan, Jin Yuan Ye, Jonin Lin, and a certain Kelly.

Last seen alive on March 29 in Valenzuela City, the dead bodies of Anson Que and his driver Armanie Pabillo were found almost two weeks later in Rizal province.