PACC disowns ‘official’ arrested in Taguig for threatening security guard

PACC disowns ‘official’ arrested in Taguig for threatening security guard

/ 07:58 PM July 17, 2019

MANILA, Philippines — The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) on Wednesday denied that the man arrested in Taguig City for allegedly threatening a security guard there was one of their officials.

The Taguig City Police earlier reported that Mariano Jose Villafuerte III was arrested on July 15 after he allegedly pulled out a gun during an argument with a security guard in front of a hospital in Fort Bonifacio.

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Police said in its report that the suspect was the director for Intelligence Investigation at PACC.

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But in an interview with DZMM, PACC chairman Dante Jimenez said the commission does not have a Villafuerte in its list of officials. 

He also denied the existence of the supposed PACC unit where the suspect belongs.

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“Wala kaming Villafuerte (We don’t have a Villafuerte). That’s why I will really have this investigated,” he said in the interview.

Jimenez said he had already sent a representative to the Taguig City Police to clarify the matter. /kga

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