MANILA, Philippines — The Nasugbu, Batangas Regional Trial Court has ordered the release of a sari-sari store owner whom the police and military tagged as chief of the intelligence unit of the New People’s Army’s Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee.
In its ruling, the court quashed the search warrant issued against Lamberto Asinas and ordered his immediate release a year after his arrest.
The Nasugbu Branch 14 RTC that reviewed the search warrant issued by an RTC in Sta. Cruz, Laguna found that the police officers and its informant have no personal knowledge that Asinas has been keeping high-powered firearms.
On April 15, 2020, the police filed an application for a se…
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