Testimony of slain Korean businessman’s wife moved to Dec. 3

THE TESTIMONY of the wife of slain Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo has been moved to Dec. 3 as Angeles City court Judge Eda P. Dizon-Era required the translator to first get an accreditation from the Korean Embassy. “The court required the prosecution to present first the accreditation of Mrs. (Kyung Jin) Choi’s Korean language translator from the Korean Embassy,” Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Juan Pedro Navera said in a mobile phone message. Mr. Jee and his housekeeper, Marisa Morquicho, were abducted from his residence in Angeles City on Oct. 18, 2016 during an alleged illegal drug-operation. Ms. Morquicho was released but the Korean businessman was killed at the headquarters of the Philippine National Police and his cremated remains were reportedly flushed in a toilet. Police Lieutenant Colonel Rafael P. Dumlao III, the alleged mastermind of the killing, Police Master Sergeant Ricky M. Sta. Isabel, and Jerry A. Omlang are facing charges for kidnapping for ransom with homicide, kidnapping and serious illegal detention, and carnapping. The court in April allowed Mr. Dumlao to post a P300,000 bail but denied the similar petitions of the others accused. — Vann Marlo M. Villegas