The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday assigned a new prosecutor to take charge of the alleged kidnapping of a South Korean businessman in Angeles City three months ago.
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II has appointed prosecution attorney Loverhette Jeffrey Villordon as head of the prosecution team looking into the abduction of businessman Jee Ick-joo by an antidrug police team.
Aguirre said he was surprised why Assistant State Prosecutor Hjalmar Quintana had inhibited from the case.
The main suspect in the case, Senior Police Officer 3 Ricky Sta. Isabel, has reportedly accused Quintana of being biased against his antidrug tream.
Aguirre said Sta.