MANILA, Philippines -- The persons implicated by a former police officer who has been linked to the murders of a publicist and his driver almost nine years ago “are known publicly,” the daughter of one the victims told INQUIRER.net Thursday.

"Let's just say, when I saw the names...they are known publicly," Carina Dacer, daughter of the late Salvador “Bubby Dacer,” public relations practitioner, told INQUIRER.net in a phone interview from the United States.

Dacer was referring to the affidavit of ex-senior superintendent Cesar Mancao, one of those charged for the murders of her father and his driver Emmanuel Corbito in 2000.

Dacer, who claims to have a copy of Mancao’s affidavit, said there were also new names but that she has not counted them, which is why she could not confirm Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales's statement that five people are named in the document.

"Instead of getting upset, we take it as it comes. In nine years, almost everyone has been accused already," Dacer added, when asked about her reaction upon seeing the names in the affidavit.

Dacer and Corbito were abducted Nov. 24, 2000, at the boundary of the cities of Makati and Manila, while on their way to the publicist’s office at the Manila Hotel.

The police’s investigation later showed the two were interrogated and tortured in Dasmariñas, Cavite and then taken to nearby Indang where they were strangled to death and their bodies burned.

Former president Joseph Estrada and Senator Panfilo Lacson, then head of the Philippine National Police, were tagged as the masterminds but have repeatedly denied involvement.

Mancao was an aide of Lacson when the senator headed the Philippine National Police during Estrada’s presidency.

Dacer also clarified that there have been no negotiations between their family and the camp of Mancao, belying insinuations the former police officer was pressed to give names to get himself off the hook.

"Between me and his family, none. I only met him [Mancao] recently and I sincerely feel that he made the decision himself," said Dacer.

"I wouldn't say he asked for forgiveness. The first thing he said when he saw me, and kahit hindi ko pa siya kilala [even if I didn’t know him, he said], 'Pasensiya na po [I am sorry],'" added Dacer, recalling her first meeting with Mancao when she visited him in Florida.

Dacer admitted that Mancao's testimony would help find the masterminds of the nine-year old murders.

"It's been a long time. It's unfair for those who have been tasked to carry out the crime to suffer while the masterminds are free," she said.

Mancao and former senior superintendent Glenn Dumlao were arrested last year in Florida and New York, respectively, following an extradition request made by the Philippine government.

Another suspect, former senior superintendent and Lacson aide Michael Ray Aquino, is in a US prison after his conviction for espionage.

Mancao is expected to be back in the country next week.

Dacer said it would also be better if politicians would stop commenting about the affidavit.

"I don't know why people are reacting to a document that hasn't been made public," she said.