Cebu kidnap suspect’s lawyer denies witnesses

CEBU CITY — Lawyer Salvador Solima downplayed yesterday a report by the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group that families of five suspects in the Ryan James Yu kidnapping are being harassed by fugitive policeman, Engilberto Durano.

Solima, who represents both the five suspects and Durano, said the report is but part of the psychological warfare waged by the CIDG against Durano.

He said there is no reason for Durano to harass the families of Roberto Galope, Edgar Manimog Jovencio Camado and brothers Efren and Henry Hernandez.

The five were arrested at the Davao International Airport in a police entrapment designed to look like that ransom for Yu was being paid.

A CIDG report claimed Durano harassed the families of the five in order for them not to implicate Durano in the case.

Durano is the alleged mastermind in the kidnapping of Yu last July 23 at Peace Valley in Lahug. — Freeman News Service