{"id":114858,"date":"2017-08-29T21:35:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T01:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=114858"},"modified":"2017-08-29T21:35:54","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T01:35:54","slug":"ombudsman-conducting-own-probe-on-kian-slay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/29\/ombudsman-conducting-own-probe-on-kian-slay\/","title":{"rendered":"Ombudsman conducting own probe on Kian slay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE PHOTO\/ Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales (Photo: Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales\/Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales on Tuesday confirmed that her office is conducting its own probe into the murder of Kian Delos Santos, a 17-year-old student killed in anti-drug operations in Caloocan City early this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe already started our fact-finding investigation,\u201d Morales told reporters in an interview after a Senate panel hearing on her office\u2019s proposed 2018 budget.<\/p>\n

In an earlier Senate probe on the incident, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon asked Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II if he would allow the Ombudsman to conduct its own probe.<\/p>\n

Aguirre nixed Drilon\u2019s proposal noting that transferring the investigation to the Ombudsman would be as good as admitting that his department is \u201cincapable\u201d of probing the case.<\/p>\n

Drilon, however, reiterated that the Ombudsman has concurrent jurisdiction over the Kian slay case.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ombudsman has confirmed that she has concurrent jurisdiction with the DOJ insofar as Kian’s killing is concerned,\u201d Drilon told reporters in a separate interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is, in fact, conducting a fact-finding investigation on the same case, on a number of issues. She told me that she’s conducting a fact-finding investigation and she confirmed that indeed she has concurrent jurisdiction,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Drilon, a lawyer, explained that although all the respondents have salary grades below 27 which means the case must be filed before the regional trial court (RTC) and not in the Sandiganbayan, the Ombudsman still has jurisdiction as preliminary and fact-finding is concerned.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026If the Ombudsman can investigate impeachable officers, they conduct an investigation only that they cannot file cases against an impeachable officer, they can, in fact, conduct a preliminary investigation,\u201d Drilon stressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Ombudsman can conduct preliminary investigations on impeachable officials, how much more of an ordinary policeman? That only indicates the erroneous interpretation of the justice secretary in the desire to just assume the jurisdiction over the investigation,\u201d he added.\u00a0(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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