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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 19) A former regional director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency was arrested for allegedly supervising the murder of a lawyer in Cebu City last November 2020.
National Bureau of Investigation-7 Regional Director Renan Oliva said on Monday s briefing that they have arrested retired Army Col. Edwin Layese on January 12 over the death of lawyer Joey Luis Wee who was gunned down near his office,
Oliva said Layese was not the mastermind, but did the planning and execution of the killing.
“We have documentary, electronic and testimonial evidence to show that Edwin Layese was involved not just a participant but a supervisor in the killing of Wee,” Oliva explained.
Published January 18, 2021, 3:12 PM
CEBU CITY A retired army official, who once served as a regional director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), was arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a lawyer in November last year here.
Retired Col. Edwin Layese was alleged to have acted as the supervisor in the murder of lawyer Joey Luis Wee, the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI 7) said.
NBI 7 regional director Renan Oliva said Layese was also involved in the ambush of another lawyer last October.
“We arrested him in connection with the murder of Joey Wee and in the frustrated murder of James Gupana,” said Oliva in a press briefing Monday.