Gabriela presses for a ‘fair’ probe into Plaza-chua murder case in Davao City

THE women’s group Gabriela has called on authorities to thoroughly investigate the killing of businesswoman Yvonne Plaza-chua as it flagged social media reports alleging that an Army general may have been allegedly involved in the murder case.

Gabriela feared that Chua’s case could be whitewashed following social media claims that a star-ranked officer and a commander of an Army brigade maybe allegedly involved in the killing.

The military official is reportedly a former chief of the Presidential Security Group during the term of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte.

“Nakikiramay ang Gabriela sa pamilya at mga kaibigan ni Ms. Yvonne Chua. Kailangan ang mabusisi at patas na imbestigasyon sa kaso lalo na’t isang mataas na opisyal ng gobyerno ang nasasangkot,” the group said through its secretary general, Clarice Palce.

Chua, 38, was shot dead in front of her rented house at the Green Meadows Subdivision in Barangay Tugbok, Davao City last week by one of two suspects on board a motorcycle.

While the davao city police said that it was looking into two possible motives, Gabriela noted that no less than Chua herself shared in social media post photos of her injuries inflicted by the military official, whom she claimed had also allegedly threatened her.

The physical assault, the women’s group said, had happened days before Chua’s murder.

“A few days before her murder, model and entrepreneur Yvonne Chua shared in her Facebook page some pictures of herself injured…[by a] former close-in security [of ex-president Duterte] and he was part of the Presidential Security Group,” Gabriela said.

Aside from calling for a thorough and impartial investigation, Palce urged authorities to give protection to the family of Chua as evidence “pointing to the suspect” is being presented.

“K a gay anglagi naming sin as a bis ala hatngbik tim angv aw[ violence against women], bukas ang pinto ng Gabriela

sa pamilya at mga kaibigan ni Ms. Chua

kung nais nilang idulog ang kaso nito. Gayu nd in,ka mi ayn a nan a wag anng hus ti ya, ma a yo satwalangb ah idngp ag panig ang binuong Task Force Yvonne para sa imbestigasyon ng kaso ni Ms. Chua,” Palce also said.