DAVAO CITY – A police official implicated in the murder of a businessman has been suspended for six months by the Office of the Ombudsman.
Superintendent Leonardo Felonia, who headed the regional police intelligence, is accused of masterminding the killing Richard King.
King was shot in the head on June 12 by a lone gunman, Paul Dave Labang, who walked right through a seminar inside a building also owned by the victim. The attacker fled on a motorcycle driven by another man after the shooting. They were eventually arrested.
The Ombudsman said Felonia is facing administrative charges of Grave Misconduct and Conduct Unbecoming a Police and that a separate criminal case for murder was also filed by the Department of Justice and is pending with the Regional Trial Court here.
Labang, together with accomplices Rommel Dela Cerna and Rodel Dela Cerna, have pointed to Felonia as the alleged mastermind in the killing of King.
The Ombudsman said Felonia was suspended to prevent him from influencing the witnesses or tamper with any evidence material to the case.
King owned Crown Regency Hotel and Resort, and other businesses in Cebu province and other parts of the country. (Mindanao Examiner)
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