Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has directed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the misencounter between the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday night (Feb. 24) in Quezon City.
“I have ordered the NBI to conduct a parallel investigation on the alleged misencounter this evening between PNP anti-illegal drug operatives and PDEA agents at Commonwealth Avenue,” said Guevarra on Wednesday night.
Guevarra issued the directive after PNP chief Gen. Debold Sinas has created a board of inquiry to investigate the incident.
The board will be composed of investigators from both the PDEA and the PNP.
“This is separate and distinct from the probe to be conducted by an ad hoc joint PNP-PDEA board of inquiry earlier announced by PNP chief Debold Sinas,” said Guevarra about the NBI investigation.
There were at least two policemen killed and five more injured from the PNP and PDEA during the misencounter that took place in front of a mall along Commonwealth Avenue.
For its part, the PDEA said it was conducting a legitimate operation in the area.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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