CIDG 7 tracks down other names in DOJ subpoenas
Other personalities in subpoena already dead
THE Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) 7 said it is also tracking down other personalities included in the subpoena of the Department of Justice (DOJ) headquarters related to the agency’s investigation on illegal drugs.
Last Aug. 1, the CIDG 7 served the subpoena for Chinese-Filipino businessman Peter Lim in his house in Barangay Kasambagan, Cebu City.
CIDG 7 Deputy Director Hector Amancia said that some of the names listed in the subpoena, including Rowen “Yawa” Secretaria, were already dead.
“Some of the addresses were general so we cannot serve the subpoenas unless we can locate the specific address of that person. Also, there were only aliases, no specific names as to the personality being subpoena-ed so we have to track them down,” Amancia said.
He, however, said that the CIDG 7 will focus on Lim in accordance with the directives of its higher headquarters in Camp Crame.
“We already passed a complete background investigation to our headquarters and it is up to them to conduct a case build-up. If they will see probable cause to file a case against Peter Lim, then it’s their call,” said Amancia.
If its central office would task them to include Lim’s brother, Wellington, in the investigation then the CIDG 7 would not hesitate to do so.
Meanwhile, the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 said that it is verifying the identities of Lim’s bodyguards.
Chief Supt. Jose Espino, PRO 7 director, said that they already have the names of the allegedly dismissed police and military officers who are working as Lim’s bodyguards.
Meanwhile, former congressman Antonio Cuenco in yesterday’s 888 News Forum at Marco Polo Plaza, said that several law enforcement agencies met with him to gather more information against the Lim brothers.
The meetings were reportedly upon the instruction of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Cuenco said that PNP Chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa recently had a meeting with him, where the former congressman told the top police official to get a copy of the 12-page congressional report, which was issued about 16 years ago.