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Quad Comm recommends charges vs. Duterte, Garma, Leonardo for killing of Chinese nationals
Former President Rodrigo Duterte, along with former PCSO General Manager Royina Garma and former NAPOLCOM Commissioner Edilberto Leonardo, have been recommended to face murder charges by the House Quad Committee for their alleged involvement in the killing of three Chinese inmates at the Davao Prison and Penal Farm on August 13, 2016.
This recommendation stems from the testimony of self-confessed hitman Leopoldo Tan Jr., who claimed he and Fernando Magdadaro carried out the killing of the inmates, identified as alleged drug lords Chu Kin Tung, Li Lan Yan, and Wong Meng Pin.
Tan also testified that he overheard Jail Superintendent Gerardo Padilla being congratulated by an unnamed person over the phone after the alleged kill order was executed.
Padilla has since confirmed Tan's statement regarding a call he received following the deaths of the three Chinese nationals within the solitary confinement cell.
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