MANILA, Philippines — A political rival of slain Calbayog City Mayor Ronald Aquino allegedly tried to implicate him as a protector of a policeman supposedly involved in drugs, a witness at a Senate hearing said Wednesday.
Police Master Sergeant Jose Jay Senario, an intel operative in Calbayog City when Aquino was killed in March, claimed that Raymundo Uy tasked him to produce an affidavit stating that Aquino was a protector of a policeman who was allegedly involved in the drug trade.
“May instance doon na may isang politician na pinagawa ako ng isang affidavit. Sabi sa akin doon, kumuha ka ng isang asset, pagawan mo ng isang affidavit. Kasi si Mayor Aquino mayroon siyang isan…
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