The Angeles City Regional Trial Court (RTC) has ordered a reinvestigation of the kidnapping and murder of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo, and the transfer of custody of a police officer who played a key role in the crime.
In his two-page order on Monday, Judge Irineo Pangilinan Jr. of RTC Branch 58 said the policeman, SPO3 Ricky Sta. Isabel, filed an urgent motion on Jan. 25 for reinvestigation of Jee’s killing, deferment of his arraignment and his return to the custody of the National Bureau of Investigation from the headquarters of the Philippine National Police.
Pangilinan directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to reinvestigate the charges of kidnapping for ransom with homicide against Sta. Isabel and submit the resolution within 60 days or until March 3.
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