ALVIN Que, the son of Filipino-Chinese businessman Anson Que who was kidnapped and killed along with his driver last March, submitted yesterday his sworn affidavit before prosecutors of the Department of Justice handling the case.
Alvin was earlier tagged in the killing of his father, though the PNP has cleared him and said he was not among the respondents.
Que’s lawyer, Perlito Campanilla, said his client is fully cooperating with the authorities in the investigation of his father’s killing, even as he maintained he has nothing to do with the crime.
The younger Que was linked to the crime after he took part in the negotiation for the payment of ransom to free his father and his driver.
One of the suspects arrested by the police, David Tan Liao, claimed in his extrajudicial confession that Alvin had ordered the kidnapping and killing of his father.
But Campanilla insisted on his client’s innocence.
“‘Yung negosasyon ng ransom, ‘yung paghingi niya ng proof of life, is very indicative na talagang walang wala siyang kinalaman dito sa kaso (The ransom negotiation, the fact that he asked for proof of life, is indicative that he has nothing to do with this case),” Campanilla told reporters at the DOJ.
Campanilla declined to divulge what the affidavit contained.
PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo previously said there was no evidence corroborating Liao’s claim that Alvin was involved in the case.
The Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order headed by Teresita Ang See has decried the PNP for the release of the extrajudicial confession to the media implicating Alvin in the kidnap-slay case of his father.
Ang See also questioned the PNP’s reliance on Liao’s statement as evidence against Alvin despite the former’s criminal records.
Prosecutor General Richard Anthony Fadullon said early this month that Alvin remains one of the respondents in the case until the prosecutors come up with a resolution on the case.
The DOJ wrapped up the preliminary investigation into the kidnapping for ransom with homicide cases filed against five individuals in the case last May 8.
The five are Liao, Richard Austria, Reymart Catequista, Haohua Yang and Fangquiang Yuan.
Yesterday, the primary suspect in the case, Gong Wen Li, also known as Kelly Tan, along with two others, underwent a preliminary investigation at the DOJ.
Tan, believed to be a co-mastermind in Que’s kidnap-slay, was arrested last weekend in Boracay along with another suspect.
Police said Tan played a key role in the case, having allegedly lured Que to the location where he and his driver were abducted.
Tan allegedly used Que’s phone to contact and negotiate with his family during the abduction.
A P10 million reward for any information on her whereabouts was earlier offered by the authorities.
Que and his driver, Armanie Pabillo, were last seen alive in his office in Valenzuela on March 29.
