Dead convicts and a peculiar murder in the Philippines
It may actually be solved
Percival Mabasa’s murder on the outskirts of Manila on October 3rd, while the 63-year-old radio journalist was driving to work, was barely newsworthy. The Philippines is one of the deadliest places to be a journalist: 197 have been murdered in the country since it restored democracy in 1986. Unusually, however, the investigation into Mr Mabasa’s killing has produced an alleged culprit. Even more remarkably, the accused is a powerful official: Gerald Bantag, head of the national prison service.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Dead convicts and a peculiar murder”
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