Rep. Arnolfo Teves
NEGROS Oriental (third district) Rep. Arnolfo Teves has been charged with multiple murders in connection with alleged killings happened in 2019.
The Philippine National Police – Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said two counts of murder has been filed before the Justice department against Richard Cuadra alias Boy Cuadra, Jasper Tanasan alias Bobong Tansan and Rolando Pinili alias Inday, and one count of murder against Alex Mayagma.
Two persons allegedly told private counsel Levito Balingod that the lawmaker paid P50,000 for each project.
The cases include the killing of Sangguniang Panlalawigan member Miguel Dungog in front of the Siliman University Medical Center in Dumaguete City March 25, 2019.
A former agent of the National Bureau of Investigation, Dungog was supposed to seek reelection in the midterm polls that year.
Two more incidents of killings included in the charge sheets were at Sitio Labugon, Basay town on May 25, 2019 and at Barangay Malabugas, Bayawan City June 23, 2019.
Teves and his brother, Pryde Henry, are also being linked to the assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo and eight others on Saturday.
Degamo unseated Pryde Henry after the votes of a nuisance candidate, Ruel Degamo, was credited in his favor.
In a Facebook video on Monday, Teves said the accusations against him and his brother were expected but he insisted they have nothing to gain from ordering Degamo’s killing
