Village chiefs’ league in Pampanga call for justice over slay of member

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—The Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) in Pampanga on Wednesday (Dec. 28) has urged the police to swiftly solve the killing of a village chief in this capital city on Tuesday night (Dec. 27).

“This is very saddening because this incident tells us that barangay (village) officials performing their duties meet dangers, even death,” ABC president and Provincial Board Member Renato Mutuc said in a phone interview.

A lone gunman approached third-termer Jesus Liang, village chief of Sto. Rosario, and shot him in the head as he was walking along a street across the newly renovated public market at around 8:30 p.m., the police said in a report Wednesday.

Liang, 63, was shot along a dark portion of the Abad Santos St. which makes identifying the assassin a challenge to police, according to Lieutenant Colonel Preston Bagangan, this city’s police chief, said, citing initial footage obtained from a security camera.

San Fernando Mayor Vilma Caluag called for justice, calling the incident a “merciless killing” of a “dedicated leader.”

In a statement posted in the city government’s social media, Caluag assured she would “focus on the police’s investigation in order to immediately resolve the case and bring the killers behind bars.”

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