Suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gerald Bantag is one of those accused of m*rder by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in connection with the death of broadcaster Percy Lapid.

“A case has been filed with the prosecutors and from then we will proceed with the case proper and hopefully this issue will be laid to rest the way it should be,” said Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla at a press conference on Monday.

According to Mr. The two murder complaints filed against Bantag and others, according to Eugene Javier of the NBI, are related to the killing of Lapid and the accused middleman, Jun Villamor, who is imprisoned in the New Bilibid Prison (NBP).

BuCor Senior Superintendent Ricardo Zulueta and inmates Denver Batungbakal Mayores, Alvin Cornista Labra, Aldrin Micosa Galicia, and Alfie Pearedonda are named in the allegation.

Bantag and Zulueta are accused of being “principals by inducement” in the m*rders of Lapid and Villamor. While the detainees Labra, Galicia, Mario Germones Alvarez, and Joseph Medel Georfo are referred to as “principals by indispensable cooperation.”

According to Mr. The two m*rder complaints filed against Bantag and others, according to Eugene Javier of the NBI, are related to the kill*ng of Lapid and the alleged middleman, Jun Villamor, who is imprisoned in the New Bilibid Prison (NBP).

Christam Ramac, Ricky Lamigo Salgado, Ronnie Pabustan Dela Cruz, and Joel Alog Reyes, the other prisoners, were accused as “principals by direct participation.”

Following the filing of charges, Malacaang hopes that justice will be served in Lapid’s de@th.

“He (President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.) is very much aware of the situation. Hopefully, it will pave the way for real justice to be served to the family of Mabasa,” stated  Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Cheloy Garafil.