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Bato denies attending 2016 meeting prior to Chinese inmates kill order
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa has denied attending a supposed courtesy call of police officers on former President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016, which is being linked to the killing of three Chinese drug convicts.
He believes Representative Joseph Stephen Paduano's insistence on his presence at the event during a House hearing is part of an effort to implicate former President Duterte, Senator Bong Go, and himself.
National Police Commission Commissioner Edilberto Leonardo testified that he could not recall seeing Dela Rosa at the gathering.
In August, two persons deprived of liberty stated they killed the three Chinese individuals on orders from Duterte.
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