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Percy Lapid’s brother: Middleman in BJMP is ‘uncooperative’
A confessed gunman, Joel Escorial, revealed that the kill order for Percy Lapid came from a jailed "middleman."
Police clarified there were two middlemen involved; one is secured at a Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facility, and the other died at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP).
Lapid's brother, Roy Mabasa, stated that the middleman in BJMP custody is "uncooperative."
Mabasa mentioned he knew about the two alleged middlemen from Escorial's extrajudicial confession, which named those involved in his brother's slay case.
Escorial surrendered after being told he had to be transferred to a safehouse due to a P6.5 million reward offered for his identity.
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Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla confirmed the death of New Bilibid Prison inmate Crisanto Villamor Jr., identified as the alleged middleman in the assassination of broadcaster Percy Lapid.
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The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) are investigating the murder of broadcaster Percival Mabasa.
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has ordered increased security for Joel Escorial, the confessed gunman in the murder of Percy Lapid, following the death of Crisanto Villamor Jr., a prison inmate who Escorial identified as the middleman.
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Joel Escorial, the alleged gunman in the killing of broadcast journalist Percival "Percy Lapid" Mabasa, surrendered to the Philippine National Police (PNP).
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Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. stated that the killing of broadcast journalist Percy Lapid is not yet solved, contradicting an earlier declaration by the Southern Police District (SPD).
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