DoJ to ‘go by evidence’ on Sagay probe

JUSTICE Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra said the prosecution will go by the evidence that will be found by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in its investigation into the Oct. 20 Sagay massacre of nine sugar farm workers and the killing of a lawyer in Nov 6. “The NBI investigation is still ongoing and we’ll go by what the evidence will show,” he told reporters in a text message, when sought for comment on a statement by the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) questioning the NBI probe. “Would the DoJ then include the NFSW in the proscription list if the NBI tags the NPA as the perpetrators of the Sagay massacre or even Atty. Ben Ramos, who was red tagged April this year when his picture together with others were put in a tarpaulin together with NPA rebels in the Municipality of Moises Padilla,” NFSW asked. — Vann Marlo M. Villegas