Richard Sison Murder: 'Sikyu' charged for lawyer's death

[Master_Lampa]

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Corrupt people gunned down..whew..thats what i call "poetic justice"!

quite irresponsible statement without having any scintilla of basis to prop up.. just shut up! you just add insult to injury...

[inkubuz]

nganung ang lawyer man tawn ang gipatay, di man "siya" mismo...lol

[godsaint]

mao sad no?Nganong dili man ang utak?

[giddyboy]

Jonas Cortes & Dick Sison were supposed to go to Netherlands today to ask for donations for ERUF. hmmm...di ba Jonas & Radaza are not in good terms nowadays? there must be something political in nature that was goin on between Dick and Radaza mao na gipatay...he myt know some sensitive stuff about Radaza...unsa gihipos sa mga tawo ni Radaza? who knows...all we can think as of the moment are just speculative...

[reclamador]

Really? Do you know this guy personally? This guy has probably done good to the community more than all of us iSTORYANS combined. The contribution this guy has done to us Cebuanos, I am pretty sure you will not achieve in 1000 lifetimes.

So the next time your fat dad suffers a heart attack or your brother suffers a drug overdose and you call ERUF, you better think about Dick Sison, one of the guys who made that possible. This guy has spent his OWN MONEY, gave his precious time without pay to help build up one of the best First Responders in the Country. ERUF is just one of his contributions, there are much more.

So again what have you done for the community?

Jonas Cortes and Arturo Radaza are practically not in good terms, yet Jonas was able to separate Dick as a person from his clients. Jonas Cortes and Dick Sison were supposed to travel to the Netherlands today to ask for donations for ERUF. ERUF has just made a base in Mandaue which ironically is its first home.

Jonas Cortes & Dick Sison were supposed to go to Netherlands today to ask for donations for ERUF. hmmm...di ba Jonas & Radaza are not in good terms nowadays? there must be something political in nature that was goin on between Dick and Radaza mao na gipatay...he myt know some sensitive stuff about Radaza...unsa gihipos sa mga tawo ni Radaza? who knows...all we can think as of the moment are just speculative...

While it is true that mayor jonas and dick sison were scheduled to go to the netherlands. It is not true that mayor radaza and mayor jonas are not in good terms. their friendship have never been better.

jonas' purpose in going to the netherlands was to receive 2 very modern fire trucks, albeit used, from their benefactors there for the use of the city of mandaue.

It is sad that the exemplary life of dick sison was cut off so prematurely. dick sison's selfless volunteerism serves as a beacon to all those who mean well for our city and our country. we are all the poorer with the untimely death of a good man. may God bless the soul of dick sison.

[jdimpas]

AUTHORITIES charged yesterday a man identified by witnesses as the one who shot lawyer Richard Sison.

Nemuel “Titing” Camay Sumabong was identified by three witnesses last Tuesday as the gunman.

But Sumabong, a 30-year-old security guard from Bogo City, wept and denied the allegation. He said he was on duty in an establishment on Magallanes St. when Sison was killed in an ambush last May 21.

His colleagues in the store he was assigned to guard vouched for his innocence. They said Sumabong never left his post on May 21.

“Diri raman siya. Iyang oras alas 7 sa buntag hangtod alas 7 sa gabii wala man gyod na siya mobiya (He was here. He was on duty from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and he never left his post.),” said a fellow security guard who refused to be named.

But the guard also admitted they don’t have a logbook to record their attendance.

Sumabong has also been linked to the killing of businessman Renerio Arrogante III last March in Daanbantayan, where he allegedly acted as the gunman’s backup. He also denied involvement in Arrogante’s killing.

He is a cousin of Joel Sumabong, a suspected robbery gang leader accused of the P9.4-million robbery of the Land Bank of the Philippines branch in Bogo in August 2005.

Sumabong was arrested at 8 a.m. on June 10 in Purok 8, Barangay Camputhaw by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 agents led by Rennan Oliva and Jesus Manapat.

Oliva said they took one witness with them during the operation to make sure they got the right man.

“We were at some distance watching Sumabong, using a pair of binoculars. Ang among witness nidagan sa kahadlok pagkakita ana niya (The witness ran in fear upon seeing him),” Oliva said.

The NBI brought Sumabong yesterday afternoon to the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office for inquest proceedings.

Sison’s children Charisse, Kathleen and Richard filed a murder complaint against Sumabong. Dina, his widow, was with them.

In yesterday’s proceedings, Dina wept and thrice tried to hit Sumabong but her children restrained her.

“Gitagaan ug saktong hustisya ang brutal nga pagpatay sa akong bana.

Kinahanglan gyod ka dong nga mobayad sa kamatayon sa akong bana (We have been given justice for the brutal killing of my husband. You will have to pay for his death),” she said after hearing Sumabong deny involvement in the killing.

NBI witnesses submitted a joint affidavit saying that they were at work in Barangay Tinago at 11:00 a.m. on May 21, when Sison was killed. He was ambushed while waiting for a traffic light to change on V. Sotto St. at the corner of M.J. Cuenco Ave.

The witnesses said they heard gunshots near their workplace, causing them to look to the street. They then “clearly saw” a man holding a firearm walking away from a gray Toyota pickup, the vehicle Sison was riding.

The man then reportedly fled on a motorcycle driven by an accomplice.

One of the witnesses reported having “eye contact” with the gunman while entertaining a customer.

The witnesses then saw the broken glass windows of the pickup truck and a man sitting in the driver’s seat “as if sleeping” and “bathed in blood.”

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, who attended yesterday’s presentation at the NBI, said Sumabong’s arrest “demonstrates that our city and the law enforcers are capable of solving crimes, including this terrible crime where we lost a valuable citizen of Cebu.”

Osmeña and Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Arturo Radaza, who was a client of Sison, called for authorities to go after the mastermind.

“I sincerely appreciate the efforts of the NBI and the other law enforcement agencies in trying to solve the murder and give justice to the victim and his family. But this should not end here. The mastermind or those behind the murder should be unmasked,” Radaza said in a text message to Sun.Star Cebu.

Aside from being the legal consultant of the Lapu-Lapu City Government, Sison also served as Radaza’s personal lawyer in the corruption charges filed against him.

Osmena assured Sison’s family of his help.

“I personally interceded for his retention so he can help us solve the crime,” Osmena said, referring to the aborted transfer of NBI 7 Director Medardo de Lemos at the height of the investigation on the killing.

source: Sun.Star Cebu - ‘Sikyo’ charged

[Motownkid]

wa pa ni klaro.. hasta ang Police ni-admit nga wala naapil sa ilang investigation kining taohana.. dapat more thorough investigation pa.. dili lang unta magpa-taka ang NBI para lang naay ikapakita nga suspect. luoy pod ang tao kung inosente jud diay sya.

[GemWArrioR]

i think this is just for show -up for police that they already apprehended sison's killer, and this fast. wow....

[Motownkid]

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show-up for NBI actually.. ang police wala pa may nadakpan.. separate man ang investigation sa both agencies.

[jdimpas]

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show-up for NBI actually.. ang police wala pa may nadakpan.. separate man ang investigation sa both agencies.

yap NBI caught the suspect!