The golf set recovered by the police from the funeral parlor in Caloocan City where the body of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo was allegedly taken may have been “planted,” according to Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II.
In an interview on Sunday, Aguirre said the separate probe by the National Bureau of Investigation of Jee’s abduction and murder could be headed on a collision course with the inquiry of the Philippine National Police.
“This case is really deep. There are several circumstances which we should look into more closely,” Aguirre told the Inquirer over the phone.
“At the rate things are going, the results of the investigation of the NBI and the PNP could be different,” he said.
“If that happens, the results of the investigation could be consolidated and it’s up to the prosecutors to determine which is more believable,” he added.
SPO3 Ricky Sta. Isabel, the alleged mastermind, has been placed under the custody of his unit, the PNP Anti-Illegal Drugs Group, after a Regional Trial Court in Angeles City ordered his arrest on Friday for kidnapping with homicide filed by the Department of Justice.
