Nearly two years after the tragic Mamasapano massacre, President Rodrigo Duterte said he will order the reopening of the investigation.
The Mamasapano incident claimed the lives of 44 Special Action Forces (SAF) commandos on Jan 25, 2015. The target of the operation — Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan — was also eliminated.
“Maybe… in the days ahead, I will order the opening of that issue again… Not really to prosecute people but just to know what happened. Who got the five million,” Duterte said Thu (Oct 20) night, as quoted in a Philippine Daily Inquirer report.
Duterte was talking about the USD $5,000,000 reward for Marwan.
Aside from the reward money, which was allegedly the reason behind the entire military operation, Duterte said he also wants to know what happened to the sample from Marwan’s body.
Duterte said, he wants to know “whether the tip of Marwan’s finger was taken by U.S. Special Forces or if it was brought to the forensic division in [Camp] Crame.”
The Commander-in-chief said he wants to expose lies and “go for the truth’, not corruption.
“These were the lies that were imposed upon the people which is not good. Let us go for the truth. Let it out. Never mind about corruption, too late in the day,” Duterte said in the same Inquirer report.
