MANILA, Philippines — Former top cop and now Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Wednesday expressed belief that the cop who brutally killed a mother and her son in Tarlac is a drug addict.
Dela Rosa noted the background of suspect Police Senior Master Sergeant Jonel Nuezca, including the administrative case filed against him in 2014 for refusing to undergo the mandatory drug testing.
“Tingnan mo yung background ni Nuezca, he was already charged for evading drug testing, meaning addict yung tao na yun. Bakit ka umiiwas, bakit ka umiiwas sa drug testing kung hindi ka adik,” the senator said in an interview over ABS-CBN News on Wednesday.
(Look at Nuezca’s background, he was alre…
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