DOJ’s Conclusion on Co Killing a ‘Whitewash’ — Scientist Group

DOJ’s Conclusion on Co Killing a ‘Whitewash’ — Scientist Group

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Bulatlat.com

MANILA — Indignation and outrage abounded after the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the findings of its fact-finding panel on the brutal killing of botanist Prof. Leonard Co, forest guard Sofronio Cortez and farmer Julius Borromeo last November 15 in Kananga, Leyte. The panel concluded that there was an exchange of gunfire between the military and members of the New People’s Army (NPA) and that it was the latter who killed the three.

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