Relieved NBI official calls Rafael Dumlao a liar

PNP Supt. Rafael Dumlao during the Senate Hearing on the murder of Korean National Jee Ick Joo. INQUIRER PHOTO/ ALEXIS CORPUZ INQUIRER PHOTO/ ALEXIS CORPUZ

The alleged brains behind the abduction and killing of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo is a liar, a relieved National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) official said Thursday.

“We were temporarily relieved from our positions to give way to the investigation of the NBI-PNP joint team. We welcome the move,” former NBI-NCR Director Ricardo Diaz said.

He expressed confidence that “truth will prevail over the lies of Supt. Rafael Dumlao.”

“Aside from being hearsay, it has no factual basis whatsoever. This is just a part of working as a public servant,” he said.

The NBI-NCR, along with the NBI Task Force Against Illegal Drugs, handled the investigation on Jee’s case.

Diaz’ name was dragged into the abduction and killing of Jee after a certain “Lising,” later identified as Atty. Darwin Lising, a supervising agent in his division, had been accused along with his reported driver “Jerry.”

Lising already denied involvement in Jee’s abduction and killing. He said he knew Jerry Omlang only when he was assigned at the NBI’s Anti-Human Trafficking Division. Lising said Omlang was an errand boy, not his driver.

“I am an ordinary government employee. I cannot afford a driver,” he said.

Lising was also relieved from his post and reassigned in Bicol. JE