Neither the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) nor Darna’s famous sidekick Ding— as what playful netizens would ask through funny memes and social media content—should be answering the question on where in the world is Sen. Bato dela Rosa.

Instead, NBI director Melvin Matibag said Sen. Robin Padilla could provide the best and accurate answer as he was the one who was seen with Dela Rosa in the early morning on May 14, or a few hours after the Senate gunfire, leaving.

“People have been trying to speculate, have been asking questions on where he (Dela Rosa) is,” said Matibag in a media forum in Manila on Tuesday, May 19.

“If there is somebody who should be asked, it should be Sen. Robin Padilla,” he stressed.

Padilla was seen leaving the Senate with Dela Rosa using the former’s sports utility vehicle in what critics and observers described as a great escape-- the incident even put a ranking police official in trouble after being accused of escorting Padilla's sports utility vehicle.

The problem, however, is that Padilla would not talk.

But whether or not dela Rosa escaped—or just made himself unavailable as his lawyer would describe it, Matibag said what is certain was that Padilla had a role in it.

And for that, Matibag said Padilla is now facing investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to determine if he could be held liable.

Because as far as the DOJ is concerned, the arrest warrant issued against Dela Rosa by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is valid and as explained by the Office of the Solicitor General, the former national police chief turned politician is a fugitive.

Aside from the DOJ, Matibag said the NBI is also conducting investigation on the possible accountability of Padilla, “We will make recommendations in proper time.”

And in the meantime, Matibag said they are monitoring Dela Rosa because there is a valid arrest warrant and there is a valid order to arrest him for a case of crimes against humanity over the bloody drug war of the past administration.