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BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN
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BACOLOD City – A police official named in a “drug matrix” given to journalists denied any involvement in the illegal drug trade.
Superintendent Santiago Rapiz, a police-community relations officer at the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, said in a radio interview he is willing to be investigated.
The 14-page “white paper” contained charts with names of local officials, police and military officers, and businesspeople in Negros Occidental allegedly protecting or involved in the drug trade.
The Police Regional Office 18 is authenticating the document.
Rapiz stressed the contents of the “white paper” must be validated. He said he does not want his name destroyed.
He denied receiving millions of pesos and vehicles from drug lords.
The police officer insisted he already “moved on” from all such accusations and he brings with him a “clear conscience” every day.
Meanwhile, the founder of the Negros-based nongovernment organization Kasanag denied the rumor that he was behind the “drug matrix.”
“I’m here in Palawan to attend our national assembly,” John Chiong, deputy national commander of the Task Force Crusaders said in Hiligaynon. “How can I do it?”
“We should not spread such unverified information,” Chiong said, “and we must use an appropriate forum.”/PN
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