(CMFR/IFEX) – According to Edgar Amoro, one of the two vital witnesses to the 13 May 2002 killing of journalist Edgar Damalerio in Pagadian City, southern Philippines, the former policeman suspected of murdering the journalist now wears a surgical mask to elude arrest and is hunting the two witnesses vital to the murder case. Amoro […]
(CMFR/IFEX) – According to Edgar Amoro, one of the two vital witnesses to the 13 May 2002 killing of journalist Edgar Damalerio in Pagadian City, southern Philippines, the former policeman suspected of murdering the journalist now wears a surgical mask to elude arrest and is hunting the two witnesses vital to the murder case.
Amoro told CMFR that the main suspect in the killing, former police officer Guillermo Wapille, was in Pagadian City on 20 June 2003 and was looking for him and the other witness, Edgar Ongue.
Wapille, whose face has been surgically changed, according to Amoro, has been in and out of Pagadian City since he escaped police custody on 28 June.
“In fact,” Amoro said, “four weeks ago, I was informed that Wapille and seven others were in [nearby] San Pablo town… and their mission is to kill me and Ongue.”
Amoro said he has not received any death threats recently, but he is taking more precautions, especially now that Wapille, who “is part of a large criminal syndicate in Zamboanga del Sur and has lots of money to surgically change his face,” is roaming Pagadian and nearby areas to look for the witnesses.
