Edgar Matobato, who confessed to be a member of the infamous “Davao Death Squad,” testified at the third Senate hearing on the extrajudicial killings linked to the administration’s campaign against drugs on Thursday, September 15. However, his testimonies, especially about Cebuano businessman Richard King’s murder in 2014, did not exactly match the facts published about […] More
Confessed “Davao Death Squad” member Edgar Matobato testified at the Senate Thursday, September 15, that Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte ordered to have Cebuano businessman Richard King killed. But his credibility was questioned by Senator Panfilo Lacson when he said that King was gunned down inside a fastfood chain. “Binaril sa hotel, sa kainan. […] More
Senator Panfilo Lacson found self-confessed witness, Edgar Matobato, wrong on two points. Lacson is chair of the secondary senate committee (public order and dangerous drugs) doing hearings on alleged extrajudicial killings together with the primary committee of Senator Leila de Lima. Sali Makdum Matobato claimed he was part of the kidnap and murder of a […] More
Supposed “Davao Death Squad” member Edgar Matobato said that he kidnapped and killed four bodyguards of former House Speaker Prospero Nograles in 2010. “Noong 2010, tumakbo po si Prospero Nograles na mayor ng Davao City. Naglaban sila ni Mayor Duterte so hinuli nila at pinakidnap ang mga bodyguard ni Nograles. Kinidnap namin at dinala sa […] More
Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte ordered to have Cebuano businessman Richard King killed in 2014, according to a supposed member of Davao Death Squad on Thursday, September 15. Edgar Matobato, who claimed that he was a member of the Davao Death Squad (DDS), revealed that he was ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte’s son, Paolo, […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte ordered to have mosques bombed after the Davao Cathedral bombing in 1993, claimed a witness at the Senate probe on extra-judicial killings on Thursday. “Noong 1993, ‘yung Cathedral ng Davao binomba kaya umorder si Mayor Duterte na masakerin ang mga mosque ng Muslim. Ako ang tumapon ng granada sa Bangkerohan,” said Edgar […] More