Supt. Hansel Marantan, the ground commander in the Jan. 6 shootout in Atimonan, Quezon, insists the operation was not a rubout during an interview at St. Luke’s Medical Center at the Global City in Taguig. FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—The Supreme Court junked the petition of Superintendent Hansel Marantan to stop the investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) into the Atimonan, Quezon shooting where 13 people were killed.
In its ruling, the high court’s 3rd division opted not to issue a temporary restraining order but ordered the DOJ to comment on the petition.
Marantan went to the Supreme Court to question the DOJ’s investigation. He argued that Justice Secretary Leila De Lima already prejudged the case when she declared that there was “definitely no shootout” even before the investigation was terminated.
Marantan, together with other policemen and soldiers were charged after the NBI investigation showed that the January 6 incident was not a shootout but a summary execution of the 13 victims.