MANILA, Philippines – Senators resumed its executive session on Monday on the Mamasapano incident to listen to the testimony of relieved Philippine National Police-Special Action Force Director Getulio Napenas and some other personalities.
The senators first held an executive session last Friday for two survivors of the bloody Mamasapano operation that left 44 elite policemen dead.
Among those who were present at Monday’s resumption of the closed-door session when it started a little past 1 p.m. were Senate President Franklin Drilon, Senators Loren Legarda, Nancy Binay, Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, and Senator Grace Poe, who is leading the Senate probe on the incident as head of the committee on public order.
It was Napenas, who requested an executive session during last week’s hearing after Legarda pressed about the alleged involvement of the United States in the Mamasapano operation.
Legarda particularly asked why the finger of Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir alias “Marwan,” who was allegedly killed in the encounter, had to be sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) for examinations.