Philippines' President Marcos won’t favour businessman, actress in missing cockfighting enthusiasts case: palace official


Palace press officer Claire Castro. - Photo from the Presidential Communications Office

MANILA: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will show no favour — no matter how powerful the accused is — in ensuring justice in the case of the missing sabungeros (cockfighting enthusiasts), a Palace official said on Thursday (July 3).

This assurance came following a recent development in the case, in which a suspect named some well-known personalities allegedly involved in the disappearances first reported three years ago.

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