Ex-cops’ testimonies in Michael Ray trial vital to Dacer case
An official of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) disclosed yesterday that testimonies given by former police officials Cesar Mancao and Glenn Dumlao in the espionage trial of Michael Ray Aquino in the
NBI spokesman Ricardo Diaz, concurrent chief of the agency’s Criminal Intelligence Division (CRID), met with Karl Buch, assistant district attorney in the State of
“Buch said that the
Aragoncillo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for espionage and other charges for taking and transmitting classified information to opposition politicians in the
Aquino was sentenced to six years and four months in a
Diaz said that on page 18 of the 92-page memorandum of the
“During those interviews, Mancao told the government, among other things, that he believed that Aquino was involved in the abduction of Dacer and Corbito because Aquino told him that he had ordered others to hide evidence of the crime,” the memorandum said.
Diaz said the testimonies were used by the
He said Mancao said a lot of things before the grand jury regarding the cases pending in the
Dumlao, on the other hand, reportedly narrated how he escaped from a police detention cell in
Diaz explained that under the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) between the
Since it was only yesterday that the NBI learned of the existence of the testimonies, it might not have been included in the original list.
“We have to get all the documents and tape, actual wiretapped conversation between Leandro Aragoncillo, and former President Joseph Estrada and Senator Panfilo Lacson,” Diaz said.
Through the MLAT, the Philippine government provided background information on Aquino when he was still an active member of the Philippine National Police.
“We are duty bound to give the documents that they need in the MLAT,” he added.
Diaz said that while the cases against Aquino, such as the alleged murders of publicist Dacer and his driver Corbito and the alleged rub out of 11 members of the Kuratong Baleleng gang, are not connected to the
espionage case lodged against Aquino, these information were valuable in the
The information is needed to determine the background or history of a person.
“The defense counsel presented Aquino as a nursing student. He is not a nursing student in the
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