Retired Philippine general Jovito Palparan (C), implicated in multiple assassinations including the alleged kidnapping of university students in 2006, is led away by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents (back L and R) after a press conference inside NBI headquarters in Manila on August 12, 2014, shortly after his arrest.-AFP Photo
MANILA: A retired Philippine general implicated in multiple political assassinations was arrested in a rundown house in the nation's capital on Tuesday after nearly three years on the run.
"They say if you do not arrest and charge the likes of General Palparan, it means you are not serious in fighting the culture of impunity. We have proven them wrong," Justice Secretary Leila de Lima told reporters.
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