Joint DILG-DOJ Task Force to Probe Quirino Hostage Case
Aug 24, 2010
Following the ten-hour hostage crisis at the Quirino Grandstand on Monday, a Joint DILG-DOJ task force has been organized to investigate the gruesome incident that led to the killing of at least seven Hong Kong (Chinese) nationals and the former police officer who held them hostage inside a tourist bus. Secretary Jesse M. Robredo of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said the joint operative was ordered to establish the series of events during the incident and to determine if there were persons who could be held accountable. "We want to know what really happened,…