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Following the surprising death of alleged middleman in the National Bilibid Prison. Department of the Interior and Local Government DILG Secretary Benjamin Benhur Abalos Jr. ordered the Philippine National Police PNP on Friday to tighten security measures to ensure the safety of the alleged gunman of radio journalist Percy Lapid.I am instructing the PNP to tighten surveillance on Joel Escorial after the bad incident with his contacts in Bilibid. Lets ensure his safety because he is the key to solving this case said Abalos.In a press conference Abalos said the DILG and the PNP are surprised and upset with the turnout of the events leading to the unexpected death of the alleged middleman to the Percy Lapid murder case.We are very sorry for what happened I hope everyone understands that the PNP worked hard on this case. We only offered a reward on Day 1 and almost every day Task Force Lapid really worked hard to back-track it until we tracked down this gunman. It has really been hard work on the part of our PNP he said.He said the death of the middleman may be a roadblock to the development and possible quick resolution of the high-profile case but he assured that the DILG and PNP will not let go of this case especially after this unfortunate incident.When this happened we were disappointed now an autopsy is being done because once we found out that there was foul play here we were really angry. We are very angry and we are demanding that if that happens those who should be held accountable Abalos said.On October 18 Abalos presented Escorial to the media following an extensive investigation of the PNP leading to the arrest of the suspect. A bounty of P6.5-million was also circulated to the public to whoever will point to the location of the killer.He said that incident will only motivate the DILG and PNP to work harder to ensure the murder cases resolution and bring justice to the family of Percy Lapid. Dont worry now we will work double time to make sure that whatever other pieces of evidence we can gather and trace its mastermind.Meanwhile Police Coronel Kirby John Brion Kraft said that the two alleged middlemen before the said incident were both secured in the National Bilibid Prison and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology BJMP.If you remember our gunman said there were six people who worked on this murder there were two middlemen who contacted them one of them was here at the BJMP. Lets take care of that to find out what really happened to a deceased person Kraft said.Abalos also said that the early presentation of the alleged gunman did not derail the development of the case on the contrary it has aided and hastened the progress of the case. DILGPIA-NCR
