'Bato' awards wounded Cebu cop in Jessie Largo case

CEBU, Philippines — Police Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa awarded a Medalya ng Sugatang Magiting to the Cebu-based police officer wounded during the shootout that killed alleged notorious hitman and murder suspect Jessie Largo.

Police Officer 3 David Naraja Jr. received the medal inside his room at the Cebu Doctors' Hospital before noon today.

Naraja, who is assigned at the Regional Special Operations Group, suffered a gunshot wound to his face after Largo attempted to shoot it out with operatives in Barangay Dumlog, Talisay City last Tuesday evening.

Largo was the suspect in the killing of Jon Ronli Calizar, son of a government information officer and a former newspaper reporter.

Present during the simple awarding ceremony were Police Regional Office-7 Chief Supt. Jose Mario Espino, Regional Intelligence Division-7 chief Senior Supt. Jonathan Cabal, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino, Cebu First District Representative Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas, and Talisay City Mayor Eduardo Gullas. /JMD