Manila, Feb. 19 -- A former Cebu City councilor asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday to charge policemen implicated in the killing of his brother, lawyer Noel Archival, five years ago.
In a letter, Nestor Archival asked Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to rule on their family's petition to file murder charges in court against regional officers of the Philippine National Police - Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG).
Pending before the DOJ is the petition for review seeking to set aside the Cebu Provincial Prosecutors' Office dismissing the charges against Chief Insp. Eduardo Mara and Senior Police Officer 4 Edwin Galan.
He likewise asked Guevarra to reconsider the DOJ resolution last year that dismissed the charges against Chief Supt...