EDGARDO P. Luib, the self-confessed hitman in the killing of businessman Dominic L. Sytin, has pleaded guilty to his murder charge. Senior Assistant State Prosecutor confirmed that Mr. Luib also pleaded guilty to his frustrated murder charge for wounding Mr. Sytin’s bodyguard Efren Espartero. The Department of Justice (DoJ) last month indicted Mr. Luib along with Mr. Sytin’s younger brother, Alan Dennis L. Sytin, and Oliver D. Fuentes in connection with the incident on Nov. 28 last year outside the Lighthouse Hotel at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. The slain Mr. Sytin was the CEO of United Auctioneers, Inc., chairman of Foton Philippines, and director and chairman of the board of the listed LMG Chemicals Corp. Mr. Luib, who was arrested by the Philippine National Police last March tagged the younger Sytin as the murder’s mastermind. — Vann Marlo M. Villegas
