DOJ clears 3 NBI execs in Jee Ick-joo case

Jee Ick-joo

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has cleared three officials of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) implicated in the death of Jee Ick-joo.

Cleared officials were former NBI deputy director for investigation services Jose “Jojo” Yap; former National Capital Region (NCR) director Ricardo Diaz and former Task Force against Illegal Drugs head Roel Bolivar.

“To us, the tangled web spun by Dumlao is incredible and a mere afterthought after he was already pinpointed by (SPO3 Ricky) Sta. Isabel, Senior Police Officer Roy Villegas and (Jerry) Omlang as one of the planners in the kidnapping,” read the resolution.

The DOJ also cleared five employees of Gream Funeral Service, namely Epephany Gotera, Teodolito Macato Tarepe, Kevin Enriquez, Robert John Tobias and Bernardo Maraya Jr., for lack of probable cause.

“Prescinding from these facts, the undersigned cannot as crib any criminal liability on the part of the Gream employees. It is readily apparent that they merely performed their regular work in the funeral home upon direct instructions and orders of their employers,” the panel of prosecutors led by Senior Associate State Prosecutor Juan Pedro Navera explained./rga