Monday, December 17, 2007
MURDER charges were filed against the suspects in the killing of Chinese-Filipino businessman Samson Jao who was found dead in a remote hinterland barangay in Iligan City sometime last September this year.
City Police Director Antonio Montalba said a press conference will be called Monday to explain the latest developments of the case.
According to reports, the suspects were identified as Suralyn Minalang, a resident of 12th street,Barangay Nazareth, as well as a certain Zaldy Mohorhombsalik and one Rajah Anzari, both natives of Marawi City.
Police interrogated the two male suspects when they were brought to the Marawi City Police for detention.
The two, who supposedly lacked formal education, needed assistance to file their counter-affidavits. Confiscated from their possession were several knives, various automated teller machine (ATM) cards believed to be from Jao, one cell phone and an undetermined amount of cash.
The two men pointed to Minalang as the mastermind in the murder, saying she had an affair with Jao and bore him a daughter, which the victim raised as his own along with his family.
Police theorized that Jao had several affairs and Minalang tried to kidnap her daughter to compel the businessman to pay support.
When the scheme failed, Minalang with the two male suspects sought to arrange a meeting with Jao the night before his disappearance.
Jao was playing mahjong with some friends and ate at a local restaurant when he received the call for a meeting. Jao and Minalang had a confrontation, then Jao was later forced to ride in another vehicle.
Jao was reported missing by friends late last August prior to the annual city fiesta and the city police was tasked to search for his whereabouts.
He was later found in a grassy spot in a remote barangay in Iligan City with various stab wounds all over his body. His family refused to file charges for fear of reprisal from his assailants.
It was later learned that a woman who supposedly helped finance Jao's businesses approached Vice Mayor Vicente Emano and informed him about Jao's alleged affairs could have caused his murder.
The city police is said to be filing the charges of murder in behalf of Jao's family.
By Stephen Capillas http://www.sunstar.com Labels: News |