Binay urged to share info on aide’s slay

Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay should prove his claim that the killing of his chief security officer last week was politically motivated, according to a member of a police task force investigating the slay.

Superintendent Bernardo Tambaoan of the Southern Police District — Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (SPD-CIDG), in an interview with newsmen, said the local chief executive should share what he knows so that investigators digging into the case can look into that angle.

Binay, he noted, should substantiate his claims since the latter allegedly had intelligence reports to prove that Pablo Glean’s killing had something to do with politics.

"He should share his information so we can look into it," Tambaoan, a member of the Task Force tasked to investigate the killing, said.

Binay, after Glean’s death, said his killing was politically motivated, part of a plan to weaken the opposition.

He said his security chief, who is also head of the Business Permits and Licensing Office at City Hall, took a bullet for him weeks after the same uncovered a plot to kill the opposition leader.

Binay, president of the United Opposition (Uno), dismissed reports that Glean’s death had something to do with money problems and internal squabbles within the Philippine Guardians Brotherhood Inc. (PGBI).

According to him, these reports are nothing but information floated in order to hide the truth behind why his security chief and trusted friend was killed.

He said Binay can even reveal what he knows through the media if he does not want to talk directly to those investigating the case.

Glean was shot to death at gasoline station in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig last Sept. 16 by still unidentified men. A security guard was also killed. — Michael Punongbayan