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Former Cebu City Police Office Director PCOL Royina Garma answers questions from the Quad-Committee, which continues its fifth hearing at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on September 12, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File


Former Cebu City Police Office Director PCOL Royina Garma answers questions from the Quad-Committee, which continues its fifth hearing at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on September 12, 2024. Testimonies presented to the committees on Dangerous Drugs, Public Order and Safety, Human Rights, and Public Accounts implicate Garma in the killings of three Chinese nationals, Chu Kin Tung, Jackson Li, and Wong, who were serving sentences for drug-related offenses at the Davao Prison and Penal Farm. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Karen De Guzman

Adrian Ayalin

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173857519343420240912-garmay-royina-quadcomm-MT-3.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Former Cebu City Police Office Director PCOL Royina Garma answers questions from the Quad-Committee, which continues its fifth hearing at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on September 12, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former Cebu City Police Office Director PCOL Royina Garma answers questions from the Quad-Committee, which continues its fifth hearing at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on September 12, 2024. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) submitted murder and frustrated murder complaints on Monday in relation to the killing of former PCSO board secretary Wesley Barayuga. </p><p>According to the NBI Organized and Transnational Crimes Division (OTCD), which is handling the case, personalities linked to the 2020 killing have been included in the charges.  </p><p>Among the respondents to the complaints is former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office general manager Royina Garma, as well as former National Police Commission commissioner Edilberto Leonardo, police officials Jeremy Causapin, Santie Mendoza and Nelson Mariano.</p><p>The case was reopened following Mendoza&#x27;s testimony before the Quadcom regarding the July 30, 2020 ambush that resulted in the death of Barayuga near the PCSO office in Mandaluyong City.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/29/pnp-chief-marbil-orders-reopening-of-barayuga-murder-case-1559">READ: PNP Chief Marbil orders reopening of Barayuga murder case</a></div><p>During his testimony, Mendoza identified Garma and Leonardo as the alleged masterminds behind the fatal attack.</p><p>Both Garma and Leonardo said they were surprised by the testimony of Mendoza. </p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1S_Ip88TwF4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police submitted murder and frustrated murder complaints on Monday in relation to the killing of former PCSO board secretary Wesley Barayuga. </p>

The National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police submitted murder and frustrated murder complaints on Monday in relation to the killing of former PCSO board secretary Wesley Barayuga.

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Murder and frustrated murder raps filed vs. Garma on Barayuga case

Karen De Guzman,

Adrian Ayalin,

ABS-CBN News

Published February 03, 2025 05:40 PM PHT

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