Task Force Tugis, the police unit formed to go after the country’s so-called “Big 5” fugitives have scored a win with the arrest of property developer Delfin Lee, but it has more work to do.
“We had five original targets. One down, four to go. Hopefully, mahuli yung the rest,” Police Senior Superintendent Conrad Capa said in a report aired on “24 Oras” on Sunday.
Still on the task force’s list are former Palawan governor Joel Reyes and his brother former Coron mayor Mario Reyes, as well as former general Jovito Palparan, and former Dinagat representative Ruben Ecleo.
“Kami as Task Force Tugis, we are just doing our mandated task,” Capa said.
Since then, the police had been watching Lee and waiting for a chance to arrest him over a syndicated estafa charge. The charge stems from around P6.6 billion in fake and suspicious loans that Lee’s company, Globe Asiatique, allegedly got from the Pag-IBIG fund in the names of “ghost” borrowers.
“Dalawang occassions na hinabol namin siya, pero hindi umabot eh. Sinundan, tapos nawala,” Capa said.
Lee’s camp has insisted the arrest was illegal. — JDS, GMA News
