This time, worker nabbed for offering P100-M bounty to kill Duterte
MANILA, Philippines — A construction worker was arrested on Tuesday night in Aklan province after posting on Facebook that he will give a P100 million reward to anyone who can kill President Rodrigo Duterte.
The suspect was identified as Ronald Quiboyen, 40, according to a report from Malapay Municipal police station on Wednesday.
Police probers said they received a tip on Tuesday morning about Quiboyen’s post on his Facebook account: “‘Yong 50-milyon nyo doblihin ko, gawin kung 100-milyon kung sino makapatay kay Duterte. Andito ako ngayon sa Boracay.”
(That P50 million bounty, I will double that and make it P100 million for those who can kill Duterte. I am here in Boracay.)
With this, a joint operation was launched against Quiboyen by Police Col. Columbo Allan Aberia of Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit 6, Lt. Col. Gervacio Balmaceda Jr., chief of Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Regional Field Unit 6, and Malay police chief Lt. Col. Jonathan Pablito.
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Police apprehended Quiboyen at Sitio Hagdan in Barangay Yapak, Malay at 7 p.m. Quiboyen is now detained in Malay police station while a case for violation of Article 142 of the Revised Penal Code or Inciting to Sedition is being prepared against him.
Quiboyen’s arrest came a day after Ronnel Mas, a public high school teacher from Pangasinan, was taken into custody for offering a P50 million bounty to those who could assassinate Duterte.
