DFA: Duterte to reassure S. Koreans of justice in Jee Ick Joo killing if issue is raised in S. Korea trip

Police officer Ricky Sta. Isabel (C), one of the suspects in the kidnapping and murder of South Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo, is escorted by fellow policemen as they leave the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) building in Manila on January 20, 2016./ AFP / Noel Celis

(Eagle News) — The killing  of South Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo by rogue policemen is not on the agenda when President Rodrigo Duterte  visits South Korea from June 3 to 5.

Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Strategic Communication and Research Ernesto Abella said, however, that if the issue was raised, the President “will reassure (South Koreans) that everything that needs to be done is being done and that we will assure that justice will be done.”

Jee was abducted by policemen who barged inside his house in Pampanga in October 2016 in the guise of an anti-drug operation.

He was later killed by the suspects in the Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame.

The incident prompted President Duterte to suspend the anti-drug operations.

The suspects in Jee’s killing have been charged with  kidnapping and homicide.

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