Palace condemns Sagay killings

MALACAÑANG condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the brutal killings of nine farm workers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental Saturday night, October 20.

In a statement Sunday night, October 21, Presidential Spokesperson and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said: “The Palace is deeply perturbed to learn about the incident and the Philippine National Police (PNP) has already been ordered to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation on this dastardly act.”

“The Office of the President adheres to the principle that the right to life shall remain unthreatened by proprietary interests, and this extends to agrarian settings,” Panelo said.

He assured the victims’ families of this “extremely cruel act” and that the government will “enforce the full wrath of the law against its perpetrators.”

Read: Gunmen kill 9 people who occupied Negros farm

Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. announced Sunday, October 21, that P500,000 reward will be offered to anybody in exchange for information that will lead to the arrest of the suspects.

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