HK prober figures in near-faux pas A DEPARTING Hong Kong policeman was held briefly yesterday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport yesterday for alleged unauthorized possession of slugs and shells from firearms used by a dismissed policeman in killing Hong Kong tourists during a hostage incident last week.
20 bullets from assault team hit tourist bus: document MANILA, Philippines - Forensic tests show close to 60 bullets were fired by hostage-taker Rolando Mendoza during the 12-hour long crisis Monday last week. But the tests also show around 20 bullets were fired by police.
Brumby blasted over firearms excuse PREMIER John Brumby has been slammed for trying to excuse police failure to account for 186 guns as "an accounting error".
Police can't find up to 200 firearms ALMOST 200 shotguns, semi-automatics and revolvers held by Victoria Police can't be accounted for, an audit has revealed.
Under-fire mayor blames police for deadly blunder Manila mayor Alfredo Lim - accused of issuing orders that resulted in a rapid escalation of the hostage crisis involving Hong Kong travelers into a bloodbath - yesterday laid the blame squarely on the police.
Filipino-HK parallel probe set MANILA, Philippines - It's a parallel investigation with Hong Kong experts, but Filipinos will get the first look at the evidence and no one will be allowed to speak about the inquiry except for Justice Secretary Leila de Lima.
Weapons seized at halting site THE Western People has learned that a major garda search in Ballyhaunis earlier this month was organised in a matter of hours after a firearm was discharged at an unofficial halting site.
Hot Issues MANILA, Philipppines - Chinese authorities will be allowed to examine the tourist bus and firearms used in the August 23 hostage-taking incident at the Quirino Grandstand, Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said on Monday.
Hong Kong cops finish forensics check on ‘hostage’ bus Hong Kong police have completed their forensic evaluation of the tourist bus where eight of their compatriots were believed to have been shot dead by their hostage-taker on Aug. 23, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday.
... ballistics bungling It's bad enough that the SBI crime lab's analysis of blood evidence turns out to have been riddled with the kind of monkey business that can warp verdicts and sentences and lead judges to order courtroom do-overs.
Credible investigation promised THE findings of a separate investigation being conducted by Hong Kong police here will have no bearing on the government’s own findings and recommendations on the Aug. 23 hostage-taking in Manila in which eight Chinese tourists were killed, Justice Secretary Leila said Tuesday.
Filipino govt vows marathon inquiry and no whitewash MANILA, Philippines - Amid a "no whitewash, no scapegoats" call by a Catholic bishop, President Benigno Aquino III Tuesday vowed he would come up with an "unassailable report" on last week's botched police rescue effort that had made his administration an object of global derision.
Under-fire mayor blames police for deadly blunder Manila mayor Alfredo Lim - accused of issuing orders that resulted in a rapid escalation of the hostage crisis involving Hong Kong travelers into a bloodbath - yesterday laid the blame squarely on the police.
Two-week deadline set to finish Manila bus hostage probe ... as investigating body vows transparent, marathon proceedings’PRESIDENT BENIGNO C. Aquino III has set a two-week deadline to complete the investigation of last week’s Manila bus hostage, with the Justice department promising transparency in marathon proceedings that will start Friday.
DAs on board The state's district attorneys understand that clouds over the SBI hurt their ability to make cases.
State rests its case in Cochran trial AMERICUS — After hearing testimony from a ballistics expert and forensic pathologist as well as concluding testimony from Special Agent Brian Smith of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), the District Attorney’s office rested its case against Johnny Ray Cochran.
