3 suspects in Korean's slay nabbed

ANGELES CITY, Philippines – Three suspects in the killing of a Korean national last Jan. 30 were arrested in their rented apartment in Mabalacat, Pampanga.

Senior Superintendent Danilo Bautista, Angeles City police chief, said the suspects, Danilo Paredes, James Mina and Frellie Cabunos, all with standing arrest warrants with no bail recommended, yielded high-powered firearms with bullets.

Paredes, alleged leader of the group, was tagged in the killing of Korean national Kang Ha Yong in front of the Arirang Hotel along Friendship Avenue in Barangay Anunas here.

Bautista said a business partner of Kang allegedly P50,000 for the hit job.

He said four Korean nationals and 10 Filipinos were indicted for Kang’s murder.

Bautista said the arrested suspects were found in possession of an Ingram submachine gun loaded with bullets, a 12-gauge shotgun, a pistolized shotgun, and suspected shabu weighing 0.2 grams.

Also seized from them were police and military uniforms, he added.

Bautista said charges of illegal possession of firearms, ammunition and illegal drugs were also filed against them.