25-05-2025
Bersamin orders hasty apprehension of cop involved in Jee Ick Joo slay
Former PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group head P/Supt. Rafael Dumlao testifies before a Senate probe on the kidnap-slay of South Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo on January 26, 2017. Benjie Castro/File photo
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin wants to hasten the apprehension of former police officer Rafael Dumlao III, who has been tagged in the murder of South Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo in 2016.
Bersamin gave the directive last May 21, 2025, with the aim to support the Philippine National Police's mission to restore public trust and build capacity with international partners as regards the resolution of high profile cases involving foreign nationals.
Last year, the Court of Appeals (CA) reversed the acquittal of Dumlao in the kidnapping and killing of Jee Ick Joo and instead sentenced the cop to reclusion perpetua.
According to the Supreme Court, the CA Thirteenth Division granted the petition of the government and sentenced Dumlao to reclusion perpetua without eligibility for parole.
Jee was abducted from his Angeles City residence on October 18, 2016, by armed men allegedly pretending to be carrying out an anti-drug operation.
He was strangled to death inside the Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame. His remains were burned and flushed down the toilet. —KG, GMA Integrated News
