RP police accused of murder

Fri, 30 Mar 2001 | Source: AFP

MANILA (AFP): Rogue members of an elite anticrime police task force strangled a kidnapped publicist of former Philippine president Fidel Ramos and set fire to the corpse, officials said on Thursday.

Authorities have arrested two farmers who admitted to having taken part in the disposal of the corpse of publicist Salvador Dacer, 63, and his driver, Manuel Corbito, Justice Secretary Hernando Perez told reporters.

He said the two suspects worked with members of the elite Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force, who they accused of kidnapping and murdering the victims.

Farmers Jimmy Lopez and Alex Diloy told a news conference at the justice department that the policemen strangled the victims with a length of electric cord, shortly after they were snatched from Manila on Nov. 24.

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