Retired policeman Arthur Lascañas testifies before an ongoing Senate Inquiry on the alleged killings related to the Davao Death Squad (DDS), at the Senate in Pasay City, on March 6, 2017. Joseph Vidal, PRIB/File

Retired policeman Arthur Lascañas

Paige Javier

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173104643490520170305-lascanas-davaodeathsquad-SPRIB-1.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Retired policeman Arthur Lascañas testifies before an ongoing Senate Inquiry on the alleged killings related to the Davao Death Squad (DDS), at the Senate in Pasay City, on March 6, 2017. Joseph Vidal, PRIB/File  "/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Retired policeman Arthur Lascañas testifies before an ongoing Senate Inquiry on the alleged killings related to the Davao Death Squad (DDS), at the Senate in Pasay City, on March 6, 2017. <em>Joseph Vidal, PRIB/File </em></span><em> </em></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA — The video of self-confessed Davao Death Squad member Arturo Lascañas linking former President Rodrigo Duterte and his son, Davao First District Rep. Paolo &quot;Pulong&quot; Duterte, in the illegal drug trade, was brought back to light during the House Quad Committee&#x27;s tenth hearing on Thursday. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The former Davao City cop’s video from October 2020 was played as part of the presentation of former Senator Leila De Lima at the probe. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;I say and declare honestly and truthfully, that the person of Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte and his son Paolo ‘Pulong’ Duterte are directly involved in the illegal drug trade in Davao City,&quot; Lascañas said.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lascañas also implicated in the illegal drug trade two Davao-based businessmen with ties to ex-President Duterte.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/8/signal-no-3-lifted-as-marce-moves-further-away-from-ilocos-region-1312">Duterte&#x27;s ex-bodyguard denies Davao Death Squad reward system</a> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lascañas read from his sworn statement sent to the International Criminal Court, which is looking into the bloody war on drugs during the Duterte administration.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;I am making this video recording certifying that I am the one who affixed my signature… I am the author of this sworn statement composed of 186 pages and 295 paragraphs. It is my own free will and accord. Walang nagtuturo sa akin, walang nagtatakot sa akin. It is my own free will,&quot; Lascañas said.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;I am executing this affidavit to attest to the true existence of the state-sponsored extrajudicial killing and terrorism through the Duterte Death Squad or Davao Death Squad or tokhang now operating nationwide,&quot; he added.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/23/quad-comm-leaders-convinced-of-existence-of-alleged-reward-system-in-drug-war-2146" id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(199, 29, 29);text-decoration:none;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal">READ: House Quad Comm leaders convinced of existence of alleged &#x27;reward system&#x27; in Duterte drug war</a><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lascañas said the supposed death was used by the former president as his “personal killing machine.” </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“They took advantage of our blind loyalty to him and our greed for money to promote and protect his personal and political interest,&quot; he said.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The former cop then discussed the alleged relationship of Duterte with slain drug suspect and former Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo &quot;Aldong&quot; Parojinog.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;To my knowledge, Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte and former Ozamis City Mayor Aldong Parojinog are friends which blossomed into an unholy alliance as stated above. This led to the abduction, killing and beheading of two innocent persons,&quot; he said.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;I believe President Rodrigo Roa Duterte ordered the killing of Aldong Parojinog because he knows too much,&quot; Lascañas added.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/11/garma-says-duterte-tapped-davao-model-on-killing-drug-suspects-2122" id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(199, 29, 29);text-decoration:none;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal">READ: Garma says Duterte tapped &#x27;Davao Model&#x27; on killing drug suspects</a><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"/><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The video ended with the former policeman apologizing for his actions</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;I am sorry that I have been blind, sinful, hurtful and greedy. I also apologize for I have been disloyal to my profession as a policeman whose sworn duty is to serve and protect the Filipino people,&quot; he said. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">He said he affixed his signature on the document on October 8,2020.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In October 2016, Lascañas denied the existence of the DDS in a Senate hearing. But in 2017, he recanted his denial and claimed that the DDS existed. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Former President Duterte has denied all the claims of Lascañas, saying they were all lies.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ABS-CBN News is seeking Rep. Duterte&#x27;s side.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>The video of self-confessed Davao Death Squad member Arturo Lascañas linking former President Rodrigo Duterte and his son, Davao First District Rep. Paolo "Pulong" Duterte, in the illegal drug trade was brought back to light during the House Quad Committee's tenth hearing on Thursday.</p>

The video of self-confessed Davao Death Squad member Arturo Lascañas linking former President Rodrigo Duterte and his son, Davao First District Rep. Paolo "Pulong" Duterte, in the illegal drug trade was brought back to light during the House Quad Committee's tenth hearing on Thursday.

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House probe revives alleged DDS member's claims vs ex-President Duterte, son

House probe revives alleged DDS member's claims vs ex-President Duterte, son

Paige Javier,

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Published Nov 08, 2024 02:23 PM PHT

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