LACSON v. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
PANFILO LACSON v. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY et al ROMEO M. ACOP AND FRANCISCO G. ZUBIA, JR., petitioner-intervenors. G.R. No. 128096 January 20, 1999 FACTS 11 MEMBERS OF KURATONG BALELENG GANG, KILLED In the early morning of May 18, 1995, eleven (11) persons believed to be members of the Kuratong Baleleng gang, reportedly an organized crime syndicate which had been involved in a spate of bank robberies in Metro Manila, were slain along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City by elements of the Anti-Bank Robbery and Intelligence Task Group (ABRITG) headed by Chief Superintendent Jewel Canson of the Philippine National Police (PNP). The ABRITG was composed of police officers from the Traffic Management Command (TMC) led by petitioner-intervenor Senior Superintendent Francisco Zubia, Jr.; Presidential Anti-Crime Commission — Task Force Habagat (PACC-TFH) headed by petitioner Chief Superintendent Panfilo M. Lacson; Central Police District Command (CPDC) led by Chief...