DoJ eyes swift probe on found skeletal remains

According to DoJ Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Atty. Mico Clavano, the skeletal remains have already been sent to the National Bureau of Investigation for examination.

The Department of Justice announced on Friday that it is seeking a swift resolution to the skeletal remains that were found on a construction site at the DoJ compound even as the agency said that the remains may belong to three to five persons.

According to DoJ Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Atty. Mico Clavano, the skeletal remains have already been sent to the National Bureau of Investigation for examination.

Clavano also disclosed that the DoJ may tap the forensic expertise of pathologist Dr. Raquel Fortun for further analysis.

“We will have a meeting with Dr. Fortun and she will arrive. She seems to have her hands full with the DoJ. So she’ll be here with an anthropologist,” Clavano said.

Excavation work for the construction of the DoJ library was sent to a complete halt after the skeletal remains were recovered on Thursday afternoon.

Earlier, in 2005, the DoJ recovered at least five skulls and human bones from a different site.

Apparently, it has been said Japanese soldiers once used a garrison in World War II that stood where the present DoJ building is located.

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