CABANATUAN CITY – A police officer from the Nueva Ecija police provincial office (NEPPO) has found himself in deep trouble after the city police filed robbery with homicide charges for the killing of a Japanese national here, a ranking official said yesterday.
Senior Supt. Ricardo Marquez, director of the Nueva Ecija police, said that SPO1 Francisco Catabas of the NEPPO’s support division, also faces administrative charges which the human resource division now readies.
Marquez said the criminal complaint was filed against Catabas before the Cabanatuan City Prosecutor’s office after a witness identified him as the “perpetrator” in the robbery-hold-up of Akio Huwakara,51, a Japanese national who resides with his wife, Maricris, in Matatalaib, Tarlac.
The couple, along with a driver and a child, was on their way to the Science City of Munoz when they alighted for snacks in a convenience (Pasalubong) store at about 5:30 P.M. along national road in Barangay Valdefuente here on July 31.
