The Board of Inquiry report on the bloody Jan. 25 Mamasapano clash is still being printed Thursday morning, PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group head Director Benjamin Magalong said.
Meanwhile, police sources said Magalong is set to meet PNP officer-in-charge Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina at 1 p.m. on Thursday.
Earlier, Magalong told GMA News Online that the BOI will “definitely” submit its report on Thursday, adding that the turnover of the report to Espina will be announced to the media.
He also said that if he would have his way, he wants the report be made public. However, Magalong said to Interior Secretary Mar Roxas if the contents of the report will be released to the public.
The BOI was originally supposed to submit its report by end of February, but the team asked twice since last week for an extension.
Forty-four elite policemen died during the Mamasapano clash with members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, together with the men of its splinter group, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, and some members of other armed groups in Maguindanao.
At the time, the police commandos were on a mission to arrest Malaysian terrorist Zulkifi bin Hir alias Marwan of Jemaah Islamiyah and Filipino bomb-maker and Abu Sayyaf member Basit Usman.
