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TF Usig: Sack Salay police chief over fresh killing


The Philippine National Police (PNP) Task Force USIG is recommending the relief of Salay town police chief Inspector Joserico Dayo in Misamis Oriental over the killing of another Bayan Muna member in his area of responsibility over the weekend. TF USIG commander Chief Superintendent Geary Barias said in a statement he will recommend said action to PNP chief Director General Oscar Calderon "for apparent inaction on this latest incident of violence that happened in his jurisdiction." Bayan Muna and Misamis Oriental Farmers Association member Cichi Gandinao, 56, was shot dead last Saturday by a lone unidentified gunman while walking along the barangay road in Guinalaban of said town. Her death came over a month after her husband's uncle, Dalmacio Gandinao, was also gunned down in said town on February 8. Dalmacio is the provincial coordinator of Bayan Muna in Misamis Oriental. In an interview earlier in the day, Dayo said the killing of Dalmacio has yet to be resolved. The case was turned over to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Region 10, Dayo said. Dayo said they could not immediately find a link between the deaths of the two Gandinao's. "Upon receipt of the report, I immediately coordinated with the Regional Director of Police Regional Office 10 in Northern Mindanao, Chief Superinendent Teodorico Capuyan, to extend all necessary assistance to the victim's kin in order to facilitate a speedy investigation of the case in coordination with the Regional CIDG, Crime Laboratory, Misamis Oriental Police Provincial Office, and police intelligence services," Barias said. "We are not discounting anything in our investigation, and we are also looking at the possibility of any link with the February 8 murder of Dalmacio Gandinao," he added. As he assured the family of Gandinao of "swift police action," Barias asked her colleagues to cooperate with TF USIG "to help us serve the ends of justice." The task force is investigating over 100 cases of extrajudicial killings of officers and members of militant and party-list organizations. - GMANews.TV

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