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Outraged Palace to Ebarle son’s killer: Give up peacefully


Even as it remains outraged over the incident, Malacañang on Saturday urged the suspect in the fatal road-rage shooting of a Palace official’s son to yield peacefully. Press Secretary Cerge Remonde also called on those who may know Jason Ivler to convince him to surrender before a nationwide police manhunt nails him. “Mananawagan tayo sa suspect o sinuman na nakakakilala sa suspect (We call on the suspect or anyone who knows him) to yield peacefully, or give him up to authorities," Remonde said on government-run dzRB radio. He said Ivler can even yield to Malacañang to at least give justice for the “senseless" killing of Renato Victor Ebarle Jr. in Quezon City before midnight Wednesday. Ebarle’s father Renato Sr. is an undersecretary at the Office of the Presidential Chief of Staff. Remonde admitted he personally feels outraged over the killing, since the elder Ebarle is a close friend of his. Condemnation of 'senseless' murder “We condemn in the strongest possible sense the senseless murder of Renato Victor Ebarle Jr., especially because his father is very close to me, Undersecretary Boy Ebarle. He’s always in my office," he said. He said he was among the first to be contacted by the elder Ebarle when the young Ebarle was killed. Remonde said the Palace already ordered the PNP to “leave no stone unturned in solving this crime." “Na-identify nila ang suspect (The police have identified the suspect). A nationwide manhunt is going to be launched against the suspect," he said. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) earlier said that while Ivler's stepfather, Stephen Pollard, an Asian Development Bank executive, has diplomatic immunity, this privilege could not be invoked by the suspect. "Our records do not show Ivler is accredited as having diplomatic status, though his father is, as a principal economist of ADB," Foreign Affairs spokesperson Ed Malaya said. [See: No diplomatic immunity for Ebarle son's killer] Diplomat dad 'uncooperative' But the Quezon Police District is already having a difficult time dealing with Pollard. According to a statement from the Quezon City Police District Friday, Pollard would not identify who was driving the vehicle at the time of the incident "because his lawyer stopped him from answering." Pollard went to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit of the QCPD on Friday afternoon with his lawyer, Alexis Medina, to affirm that the Honda CRV with diplomatic plate number 20903 belonged to him. He was interviewed for almost an hour. - GMANews.TV

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