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Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Not true, suspect says
SPO1 Marcial Ocampo said he had nothing to do with the murder of Bantay Dagat commissioner and Cebu City market administrator Elpidio “Jojo” dela Victoria.
Ocampo was barred from speaking to the media when he was presented at the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 yesterday morning, but denied involvement in ambush interviews.
Ocampo was teary-eyed when he tried to answer reporters while being escorted out of the PRO 7 conference room.
“Dili na tinuod. Giimbitar ra ko ni (Chief Insp. Rex) Derilo unya sunod lain na ang dagan sa istorya (That’s not true. I was only invited by Derilo and later the story changed),” he said.
Reporters noticed Ocampo shaking his head as police officials narrated the facts of the case linking him to the crime.
The ambush interview was cut short when Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) 7 operatives pulled him away from the reporters and let him board a vehicle that would take him back to the headquarters.
However, Ocampo later talked to RPN news from the CIDG 7 detention cell and told the news crew that he was at home at the time of the killing and that there were witnesses who could attest to this.
This is contrary to what his wife Grace told radio dyAB in an earlier interview.
Grace has said Ocampo was in Danao City to have his firearm repaired.
Ocampo also said his fellow policemen from the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) saw him last April 12, the day dela Victoria was gunned down near his home in Talisay City.
He hopes they will come out and testify in his favor, saying he did not know dela Victoria personally.
Ocampo said he only heard of dela Victoria from television and newspaper reports.
Asked about the six witnesses testifying against him, Ocampo said he has forgiven them.
He also hopes the family will ask the police to dig deeper so the real culprit can be found.
Gador admitted that Ocampo’s involvement in the case was another black mark on the organization.
However, he appealed to the public not to forget that those behind Ocampo’s arrest and the solution of the case are still members of the Philippine National Police.
In a press conference yesterday morning, Regional Intelligence and Investigation Division Chief Augusto Marquez labeled Ocampo as a “typical example of a police scalawag.”
Marquez said Ocampo was included in Camp Crame’s watch list and was allegedly selling shabu in the northern part of Cebu.
To this, Ocampo said this was an old allegation that he already responded to.
Marquez said the information came from Ocampo’s brother and relatives.
They also received reports that Ocampo stole a baby Armalite that was assigned to him when he was then assigned as security detail of former Regional Trial Court executive judge Priscilla Agana.
He had been dropped from the PNP roster in 2002 for being absent without official leave (awol) but was reinstated to the service.
Marquez has ordered investigation section chief Patrociño Commendador to collate all of Ocampo’s records. (MEA)
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