DATU PIANG, Maguindanao -- Police here said members of illegal drug syndicates operating in Maguindanao could be behind the murder of a village official who has been relentlessly campaigning against illegal drugs.
Senior Inspector Cesar Ibal, municipal police chief of Datu Piang, said investigation showed that those engaged in illegal drug trade in Datu Piang and nearby towns could be behind the death of Barangay Montay chair Kadatuan Masukat.
Masukat, who was on board his motorbike with his son, was shot dead by two gunmen riding in tandem on a motorbike using .45 caliber pistol Wednesday afternoon in Barangay Buayan, Datu Piang.
“He is an active supporter of police in the campaign against illegal drugs,” Ibal told reporters. “He wanted to get rid of illegal drugs in his village because he wanted to ensure the future of young generation,” Ibal said of the slain village official.
Masukat’s son who was driving the motorbike escaped unharmed.
Quoting witnesses and relatives, Ibal said the village chair had been receiving threats to his life because of his no nonsense campaign against illegal drugs in the village.
“He really hates illegal drugs and vowed to stop peddlers from infiltrating his village,” a witness told police investigators.
Ibal said other angle of the crime is also being looked into by police probers.(PNA)
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