P2.3 M bounty set for ex-councilor’s killers

By Liezle Basa-Iñigo

BAYAMBANG, Pangasinan – A P2.3 million reward awaits anyone who can identify and provide information that will lead to the arrest of the brains behind the killing of former town councilor Levin Uy.

Bayambang Mayor Cezar Quiambao raised P2 million while Samahan ng Industriya (SINAG ) chairman Engr. Rosendo So offered an additional P300,000.

Quiambao believes that killing of Uy was politically motivated.

Uy, he said, has been receiving death threats.

“Marami na siyang death threats na natatangap at may kauganyan sa pulitika, siguro kung di na siya tumakbo (konsehal ) hindi na ito mangyayari sa kaniya (He has been receiving death threats related to politics, perhaps if he did not file his candidacy for councilor, this would not have happened),” Quiambao added.

Police said Uy, managing director of the Kasama Kita sa Barangay Foundation, a nongovernment organization, and school administrative aide Cesar Salosagcol sustained multiple gunshot wounds and were rushed to the Bayambang District Hospital.

Uy, however, was declared dead on arrival by the attending physician.

Quiambao appealed to Pangasinan politicians help stop the killings in the province.

“               Hindi pa nagsisimula ang kampanya ay nagagawa na nila ang manakot at pumatay (The campaign period hasn’t started and yet some people have already started threatening and killing),” he added.