Lawyer who survived ambush asks NBI to probe doctor

Argel Cabatbat —GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

The lawyer who survived an ambush last week asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Wednesday to find out if there was a link between his case and the murder of a barista in Parañaque City last December.

In an interview with reporters at the NBI headquarters in Manila, lawyer Argel Cabatbat said that the mastermind behind the killing of Dan Joseph Alas and the foiled attempt on his life could be the same person.

He identified the man as a neurologist whom his client had charged earlier with attempted murder in the Quezon City City Prosecutor’s Office.

Alas, Cabatbat said, was shot dead inside a coffee shop on Dec. 19 by motorcycle-riding men.

Before that, he had sued the doctor for bigamy.

Cabatbat said he and Alas did not know each other, but they had separate cases pending against the doctor. —Aie Balagtas See