{"id":138401,"date":"2017-12-12T06:07:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T11:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=138401"},"modified":"2017-12-12T06:07:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T11:07:16","slug":"dela-rosa-backs-appointment-of-new-pnp-anti-drug-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/12\/dela-rosa-backs-appointment-of-new-pnp-anti-drug-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Dela Rosa backs appointment of new PNP anti-drug chief"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald \u201cBato\u201d Dela Rosa on Tuesday defended the appointment of Senior Superintendent Albert Ignatius Ferro as the new PNP Drug Enforcement Group chief last Saturday. (Photo<\/a>: Philippine National Police\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald \u201cBato\u201d Dela Rosa on Tuesday defended the appointment of Senior Superintendent Albert Ignatius Ferro on Saturday as the new PNP Drug Enforcement Group chief.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe really deserves a second chance. He\u2019s learned his lessons. Some guys are just lucky but not competent, some are competent but unlucky. He was just unlucky,\u201d the PNP chief said in a press briefing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Dela Rosa lauded Ferro\u2019s track record, saying that it would speak for itself in relation to the police official\u2019s credibility and ability.<\/p>\n

\u201cI need someone who could steer the PNP drug enforcement group. And I know him, he can really deliver given his track record,\u201d Dela Rosa said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTanggalin n\u2019yo nalang ako kung ayaw n\u2019yo ako pumili ng taong gusto ko.<\/em> That\u2019s my prerogative. Wag na nila s\u2019ya tirahin. Ako nalang<\/em> (Just remove me if you don\u2019t want me to choose my men. Don\u2019t bother him anymore),\u201dhe added.<\/p>\n

Prior to his appointment as the new PNP-DEG chief, Ferro headed the PNP Anti-Illegal Drugs Group (AIDG), which was dissolved after the Jee Ick Joo scandal.<\/p>\n

Several officers of PNP-AIDG were accused of abducting the Korean businessman, killing him inside PNP headquarters in Camp Crame last January, and extorting money from his family in October 2016.<\/p>\n

The PNP chief earlier exposed that a syndicate composed of immoral members of the PNP as well as the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) could be behind the crime. Apart from dissolving the body, the PNP also relieved Ferro.<\/p>\n

“It was found out na hindi siya (Ferro) involved doon<\/em> sa<\/em> Jee Ick Joo case. Nangyari lang na ang mga taong gumawa ng krimen <\/em>are under his command (It was found out that Ferro was not involved in the case of Jee Ick Joo. It just so happened that the men who did the crime are under his command),” Dela Rosa told reporters.<\/p>\n

“He was even instrumental in the resolution of the case… He was not part of the problem, he was part of the solution. \u2018Yun nga lang sya ang <\/em>boss that time kaya ni-<\/em>relieve natin sya<\/em> (It\u2019s just that he was the boss during that time that\u2019s why we relieved him),”\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n

Dela Rosa even said that the newly-appointed PNP-DEG facilitated the confession of SPO4 Roy Villegas, who witnessed his colleagues strangle Jee.<\/p>\n

The PNP chief also praised Ferro\u2019s foreign ties, saying that his well-built relationship and coordination with PNP\u2019s international counterparts was his main qualification.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has established contacts from our foreign counterparts. Mahirap kasi makuha<\/em> trust ng foreign counterparts (It is hard to earn the trust of foreign counterparts),\u201d he further said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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