ILOILO CITY – All angles are being considered in the investigation relative to the killing of former Kalibo mayor and veteran journalist Juan “Johnny” Dayang, according to Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFOMS) Executive Director, Undersecretary Jose Torres Jr.
In a press conference at the Aklan province police office headquarters in Kalibo, Torre said a special investigation task group has been formed at the local level, led by the Philippine National Police (PNP).
He said there is also a special investigation for new crimes at the national level. Within 30 days, the Task Force is expected to report to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. the results of the investigation, he shared.
Torres, joined by Publishers Association of the Philippines (PAPI) president Nelson Santos, was briefed by the Police Regional Office Western Visayas (PRO6) on the status of the investigation.
They inspected the crime scene in Barangay Andagao, where Dayang was shot dead on Tuesday evening. The PTFoMS chief did not reveal any development so as not to pre-empt the ongoing investigation.
Torres said PTFoMS automatically considers any threat or killing against a media personality as work-related until it is proven otherwise in court. “We believe the PNP and our security sector are doing their job to investigate this case,” he said.
Dayang, 89, was the chairman emeritus of PAPI and founder of Aklan Press Club. (PNA).