Suspects In King Murder Arrested

[Medic Mike]

Police on Sunday nabbed three suspects in the murder of businessman Richard King.

Police sources identified the suspects as Paul Molina, Rodel dela Cerna and Rommel dela Cerna.

The same sources said Molina was the gunman, Rommel conducted the surveillance and the Rodel was the driver of the get-away motorcycle.

Senior Supt. Vicente Danao, the city police chief, refused to face reporters.

But police sources said initial investigations showed that Rommel was a police asset. He allegedly divulged that a police official ordered the hit.

Last week, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte vowed that King’s murder would be solved by the local police force.

King, who was the owner of the Crown Regency Group of Hotels and health products company Vital-C, was shot in the head while he was in a gathering of his distributors inside the Vital-C’s building in
Obrero last June 12.

King was also the chair Vital-C Land Development Corp, the CEO of J. King and Sons, the president of Fuente Triangle Realty Development Corp and the founder and director of Boracay Multiple Properties Developers Inc.

Eduard Tan, marketing head of Crown Regency who is also the family’s spokesman

 

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[Thomas]

He allegedly divulged that a police official ordered the hit.

Any theories or rumours why?

[Medic Mike]

 

He allegedly divulged that a police official ordered the hit.

Any theories or rumours why?

 

The rumours I have heard from my pinoy spys is that King had the dirt on certain police officials in relation to business kick backs etc.

[Thomas]

 

 

He allegedly divulged that a police official ordered the hit.

Any theories or rumours why?

 

The rumours I have heard from my pinoy spys is that King had the dirt on certain police officials in relation to business kick backs etc.

=Some police officials got grumpy by King didn't pay them enough/ "unfair" compared to what he paid other police officials or what?

[Medic Mike]

 

 

 

He allegedly divulged that a police official ordered the hit.

Any theories or rumours why?

 

The rumours I have heard from my pinoy spys is that King had the dirt on certain police officials in relation to business kick backs etc.

=Some police officials got grumpy by King didn't pay them enough/ "unfair" compared to what he paid other police officials or what?

 

Apparently something like that :(

[Americano]

Do they believe the corrupt officials are in Cebu or Davao where he was murdered?

[Medic Mike]

Do they believe the corrupt officials are in Cebu or Davao where he was murdered?

From what I understand from the rumour mill, it is Cebu.

[Papa Carl]

So staying under the radar goes for everyone, including those who invest here. Being noticed in the Philippines is not a recipe for enjoying life in "The Pearl of the Orient". This goes for Filipinos and Foreigners.

 

It is too easy to walk or drive around in the Philippines with a target on your back.

 

Papa Carl

[Thomas]

So staying under the radar goes for everyone, including those who invest here. Being noticed in the Philippines is not a recipe for enjoying life in "The Pearl of the Orient". This goes for Filipinos and Foreigners.

 

It is too easy to walk or drive around in the Philippines with a target on your back.

 

Papa Carl

Yes. But it's very hard to staying under the radar if start any business, specialy if building anything big  :unsure:

Even if keeping a low profile, corrupt officials see owner documents anyway   :th_unfair:

[Medic Mike]

King family believes police got real killers but not mastermind yet

Will the capture of the alleged triggerman who shot dead Cebuano businessman Richard King in the Vital C Building in Davao lead to the real villain behind the attack? (PHOTO BY ROBINSON NIÑAL, JR)

He’s the gunman, but who hired him?

In a police lineup in Davao city, 24-year-old Paul Dave Colina Labang was positively identified as the one who shot and killed Cebuano businessman Richard Lim King last June 12.

Arrested on Sunday in Davao with two others, the young man was identified by at least four employees of King who were present in the Vital C Building where the businessman was gunned down at 6:45 p.m. as he was about to have dinner with staff and guests during a company event.

Also arrested was Rommel de la Cerna, who allegedly did surveillance on King before the hit and Rodel dela Cerna, suspected driver of the gunman’s getaway motorcyle.

Single and jobless, Labang was arrested in barangay Maa, Davao with a .45 caliber ACP pistol and live ammunition in his possession, said Davao police.

A source close to the King family told Cebu Daily News they were convinced the three are the actual henchmen involved and not just fall guys.

“Definitely, yes, (these are the ones)” said the source, who is in Davao and privy to the investigation as a confidante of the King family. CDN ask him if this was a genuine police apprehension.

The source said he spoke with the witnesses who confirmed Labang’s identity as the shooter. He also listened to the account of Labang and the arrested lookout who “executed confession statements.”

The inquest proceedings continue today, he said.

A P1.3 million reward was offered for information leading to the capture of the killers, but the King family, which put up P1 million for the bounty, has yet to announce whether they are satisfied that the tipster who signaled the police would get it.

Criminal charges are being prepared for filing in court against Labang, said Senior Supt. Joel Pernito, regional chief of the Eastern Mindanao Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit, in his report.

Efforts continue to uncover the mastermind and others who had a hand in the killing, he said.

MASTERMIND

However, police have the name of a suspect who had a personal grudge over a business conflict with King.

A consolidated report by the Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) said Davao police had spoken with several private individuals about a “squabble” between King and the son of a business partner over mismanagement of the Crown Regency Resorts in Aklan, Boracay.

The suspect was heard arguing with King and making a verbal death threat: “Swerte lang ka kay wala ka sa Davao kay kung naa lang ka sa Davao, gipatay ta na ka.” (You’re fortunate you are not in Davao or else I would have killed you.)

According to the police report, King was in Davao on June 12 for another purpose – to carry out the request of his business partner to oust the suspect from the management of a family-owned construction firm in Davao, which had incurred a financial deficit of P150 million.

Cebu Daily News is withholding the suspect’s name until an arrest is made or charges are filed by the police.

POLICE ASSET?

Meanwhile, police sources told the Inquirer Mindanao bureau that Rommel dela Cerna, the suspected lookout, was a police asset and that he divulged that a police official ordered the murder.

Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, in a peace and order council meeting last Thursday, vowed that King’s murder would be solved by the local police.

The mayor and Davao police were under pressure to come up with developments in the murder case, which Duterte earlier said had nothing to do with illegal drugs. Police released a computer-generated face sketch of the gunman a few days after the June 12 violence.

His features were easy to describe as the gunman did not wear a mask or hat and the shooting took place in front of many witnesses who saw him walk up from behind and fire at King in the head.

King was chief executive officer of J. King and Sons, which owns the Crown Regency Group of Hotels and Vital C, a health products company, among his various business ventures.

He also was also president of Fuente Triangle Realty Development Corp. and founder./BenCyrus Ellorin, Eileen Mangubat, Inquirer Mindanao and Correspondent Chito Aragon

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