Prioritize Rasuman’s case, court urged

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – A city prosecutor in this province said yesterday the court must ensure that the case against alleged financial scammer Jachob “Coco” Rasuman should be acted upon with dispatch to avoid more violence.

City prosecutor Fidel Macauyag said the court must convince the public that the wheels of justice are rolling by giving Rasuman’s cases utmost priority.

“Investors must rely on our justice system. And the courts must give Rasuman’s cases the preferential attention over other cases,” he said.

He said this will avert the same incident where a soldier, Pfc. Oward John Abellana, who was guarding Rasuman’s house in Marawi City, was killed by unknown assailants last Friday.

“Let’s hope it (shooting) was not in response to the delay in the arraignment of Rasuman. It should not have happened,” Macauyag said, adding that the investors should follow the legal process and file complaints in court.

He said if they decide to take the law into their own hands, the investors, who lost millions of pesos through Rasuman’s financial investment scheme, will be the ones prosecuted instead.

He said the situation in Marawi City has become volatile following the shooting and it should not escalate.