Guv hopes probers could solve consultant’s slay

By Dolly Yasa

 

BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said called on the police to unmask the triggerman in the slay of provincial consultant Marton Cui.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has been asked to investigate Cui’s assassination even as the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office activated its Special Investigation Task Group to speed up the probe and solve the case.

“Hopefully, with two investigations going on, we will be able to determine, at the very least, who the triggerman was, and the person behind the incident,” Lacson said.

He also expressed shock at the killing of Cui.

Cui succumbed to two gunshot wounds in his neck after he was shot at long-range while he was about to board his vehicle Monday night in front of his office in San Carlos City.

P/Lt. Abegael Donasco, deputy spokesperson of the NOCPPO, said they cannot establish yet if the assassination of Cui was carried out by a “sniper” because the investigation is still ongoing.

Cui also served as chief of staff of former Rep. Julio Ledesma IV (Neg. Occ., 1st District), before his consultancy job at the Capitol.

The police failed to recover any spent shell at the crime scene, that is about 200 meters away from the San Carlos City Hall.

“I think the only justice that we can give to his family is to find out who is the triggerman, who is behind it, and why it was necessary to take the life of Marton,” Lacson said.

Lacson described Cui as a fine gentleman and a mild-mannered individual, adding he cannot understand why someone would do him harm.

As a loyal and trusted man of Ledesma, Lacson said that Cui was a pillar of strength of their political group in the 1st district of Negros Occidental.

He preferred to work behind the scenes, not wanting any credit for himself, the governor said.

“I really hope that, unlike similar incidents in the past, the triggerman, the mastermind, and the reason why this was done, can be established,” the governor said.