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Pacquiao offers P500k for info on suspects in alleged Dacera rape-slay

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday offered a P500,000 reward to anyone who could give information that would lead to the arrest of the person behind the alleged rape-slay of flight attendant Christine Dacera.</p><p>Dacera, 23, was found dead in a bathtub at a Makati hotel on Friday with bruises on her body and deep healed lacerations in her genital area.</p><p>&quot;Nananawagan ako sa lahat ng sangkot sa pagpatay kay Dacera na lumabas. Kung wala kayong kasalanan, linisin niyo pangalan niyo, magsabi kayo . . . Gagawin natin ang koneksyon natin to resolve this case,&quot; Pacquiao told DZRH&#x27;s &quot;Dos Por Dos&quot;.</p><p>The senator hails from General Santos City, the victim&#x27;s hometown.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/05/21/upstanding-professional-crew-philippine-airlines-mourns-flight-attendant-christine-dacera">&#x27;Upstanding, professional crew:&#x27; Philippine Airlines mourns flight attendant Christine Dacera</a></li></ul><p>Pacquiao said Dacera&#x27;s case was another example of why the death penalty should be revived in the Philippines.</p><p>&quot;Ayoko sa lahat papatayin na, gagahasain pa kaya isinusulong ko ang death penalty,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Kailangan may pamalong matindi ang ating gobyerno,&quot; he said.</p><p>Pacquiao is among the senators who filed a bill seeking to impose capital punishment for heinous crimes. Other versions of the bill allow courts to sentence to death high-level drug traffickers.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/09/09/19/shoot-them-hang-them-pacquiao-hankers-for-death-penalty-return">Shoot them? Hang them? Pacquiao hankers for death penalty return</a></li></ul><p>Prior to Dacera&#x27;s case, Pacquiao also urged Congress to begin hearings on the reimposition of capital punishment after a policeman shot to death 2 of his neighbors in Paniqui town, Tarlac last month.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Et5YmS2Sylo?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Pacquiao said Dacera's case was another example of why the death penalty should be revived in the Philippines.</p>

Pacquiao said Dacera's case was another example of why the death penalty should be revived in the Philippines.

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Pacquiao offers P500k for info on suspects in alleged Dacera rape-slay

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jan 05, 2021 06:59 PM PHT

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Updated Jan 07, 2021 03:23 AM PHT

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