DEPARTMENT of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre has designated a Cebu-based and a Manila-based prosecutor to handle the cases filed against suspects in the killing of Bien Unido, Bohol Mayor Gisela Bendong-Boniel.
Cebu Assistant Regional Prosecutor Llena Ipong-Avila and Manila-based Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Juan Pedro Navera were appointed to handle the parricide case against Bohol Board Member Niño Rey Boniel, husband of Gisela.
Niño Rey was accused of kidnapping and killing his wife in June this year.
Ipong-Avila and Navera were also designated to handle the murder case filed against Reolito Boniel, the board member's cousin, and other suspects in Gisela's slaying.
The cases against the suspects are pending before the Cebu City Regional Trial Court Branch 57.
DOJ also took into their custody two witnesses, Reolito and Randel Lupas, while the case is ongoing. (With reports from JOB of SunStar Cebu/SunStar Philippines)