NINE policemen, including a police chief, have been relieved from their posts in connection with the killing of a drug suspect at the boundary of Tiaong, Quezon and San Juan, Batangas on May 28.
Lt. Col. Jesus Lintag of the San Juan police and his men have been reassigned at the Provincial Personnel Holding Center.
Lt. Col. Rommel Sobrido was named San Juan police officer-in-charge.
Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas, Calabarzon police director, ordered a special investigation team to determine if the police officers violated the standard operating procedure and if there were irregularities in the performance of their duties.
Bryan Laresma, alias Balot, was killed in an alleged shootout with anti-narcotics operatives in Barangay Lipahan.
Two sachets of shabu, a caliber .38 revolver and bullets were reportedly recovered from the fatality.
Laresma’s relatives sought the assistance of the National Bureau of Investigation for a new autopsy of the suspect. They also asked the Commission on Human Rights and House of Representatives to conduct parallel probes.
Laresma was about to alight from his motorcycle when he was shot, according to his brother.
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