PNoy confident Sumera killing will be solved

source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/216195/nation/pnoy-confident-sumera-killing-will-be-solved

President Benigno Simeon Aquino III expressed confidence on Friday that the killing of broadcaster Marlina ‘Len’ Flores-Sumera will be solved.

In an interview with Palace reporters, Aquino said that based on the report given to him by the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), the suspect has already been identified and is now subject of a manhunt.

"Given that, given also the cooperation of witnesses, I am confident that we will able to bring this perpetrator to justice," he said after attending the biennial convention of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Pasay City.

In a text message to reporters, Philippine National Police chief Director General Raul Bacalzo said Special Task Group Sumera has been activated by the Northern Police District to investigate the case.

Bacalzo said land dispute is a possible motive in the killing as Sumera was the overall president of the Silonian, SitioRrosal, Interior Tongco and the Saloma Neighborhood Association with an estimated land area of 4.2 hectares.

The land is considered a public estate under the National Housing Authority and is about to be developed for road widening, reblocking, chopping and drainage improvement.

It is being contested by the KASAMA association led by Emma Nuqui and Julieta Lazaro whose motion for temporary restraining order is pending before the Malabon regional trial court branch 74.

The parties’ last court appearance was on Monday morning, March 21.

For his part, Herminio Coloma, head of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), said that based on PNP reports, the recent media killings are all considered "solved."

Coloma was referring to the cases of:

# Gerardo Ortega which is now in court, with five suspects in police custody and two masterminds have been identified;

# Jose Daguio which has also been filed in court, one suspect arrested while another suspect found dead; and

# Miguel Belen, also in court with one suspect now in police custody. — RSJ, GMA News
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