BOI submits Mamasapano report to Espina

MANILA, Philippines – The Board of Inquiry (BOI) on the Mamasapano incident on Thursday submitted its findings on the January 25 botched anti-terror operation that left 44 police commandos dead to the acting Philippine National Police, Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina, radio reports said.

BOI chair Police Director Benjamin Magalong, however, declined to talk about the contents of the report.

“Let us wait until the publication of the BOI’s report,” he told reporters.

“We are planning to have 60 copies of the report and give [these] to the families of the SAF 44,” he added.

The BOI was supposed to finish the report on February 26 but Magalong asked Espina to move the deadline on March 6.

However, due to lack of time to analyze findings of the BOI’s operational audit team, Magalong asked again to extend the submission date on March 12.