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Tuesday, April 11, 2017
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MANILA – Self-confessed killer Arturo “Arthur” Lascañas silently left the country over the weekend, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) confirmed on Sunday.
“As reported by our Port Operations Division chief Marc Red Mariñas, a passenger by the name Arthur B. Lascañas presented himself yesterday April 8, 2017 for immigration departure clearance,” BI spokesperson Antonette Mangrobang said in a text message.
” Lascañas did not have any immigration lookout bulletin order or hold departure order issued against him that could have delayed or prevented his departure. Hence, he was cleared to depart on board Tiger Airways flight to Singapore,” she added.
Lascañas reportedly left the Philippines as he received threats that a lawsuit would be filed against him, and that people were looking for him as well.
To recall, Lascañas in October 2016 denied the existence of the “Davao Death Squad” and that he was the supposed “team leader” of the squad, as claimed by self-confessed hitman Edgar Matobato.
In February, however, he said that the DDS indeed exists and that they were paid by then-Davao City Mayor and now President Rodrigo Duterte up to P100,000 depending on their target.
Lascañas recanted his earlier claims following kidney surgery.
However, BI records note that Lascañas is set to return to the Philippines in two weeks.
On Monday, Mangrobang told GMA News that Lascañas presented to immigration officers a plane ticket which indicated April 22 as his return date to Manila.
The BI official said the ticket indicated Singapore as port of origin.
A return ticket is one of the requirements for Filipino citizens with tourist-purpose visas just like in the case of Lascañas, the BI said. (GMA News)
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