Anti-corruption advocate shot dead in Mountain Province

BAGUIO CITY,  Philippines — A barangay kagawad and anti-corruption advocate was gunned down in Bauko,  Mountain Province on Wednesday.

Salvador Liked, secretary general of the Citizen Crime Watch (CCW)-Cordillera, was shot as he emerged from his house in Barangay Balintaugan before 9 p.m.

CCW had filed complaints against several government officials over questionable public works projects in the Cordilleras.

Brig. Gen. Rwin Pagkalinawan, regional police director, vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.

The National Bureau of Investigation-Cordillera office said it would conduct a parallel probe.