Convict Rolito Go now in police custody

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Kidnappers supposedly released Go and nephew Clemence Yu in Tanauan, Batangas

MANILA, Philippines – Convicted killer Rolito Go, who was discovered missing from the New Bilibid Prison early Wednesday morning, August 15, is now in police custody, according to prison director Gaudencio Pangilinan Jr.

In a phone interview with Rappler, Pangilinan confirmed a report by Anthony Taberna on ABS-CBN’s Bandila Wednesday evening that Go is now with the Philippine National Police. Taberna, citing information from PNP chief Director General Nicanor Bartolome, reported that Go was found with nephew Clemence Yu – who acts as his nurse – and that they were supposedly released by their “kidnappers” in Tanauan, Batangas.

Go and Yu took a bus to a place in Alabang, Muntilupa, where the PNP and Go’s family fetched them, the report said. The two will undergo medical examination because the PNP supposedly found wounds in their bodies, the report added.

Pangilinan however expressed doubts that Go had been kidnapped.

Go and Yu went missing from the New Bilibid Prison early Wednesday morning. He had escaped from jail once – before a local court sentenced him to life imprisonement in 1993. A wealthy businessman, Go killed De La Salle student Eldon Maguan in a traffic altercation in Greenhills, San Juan, in 1991.

Go appealed for executive clemency under the Arroyo administration. In 2009, he was allowed to move from maximum security in Bilibid to the minimum security compound, where he could move without escorts.

He is reportedly suffering from colon cancer. – Rappler.com


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