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DoJ issues alert vs Cebu suspect

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AN immigration lookout bulletin order has been issued by the Department of Justice against David Lim Jr., who shot a nurse in a road altercation in Cebu City last Sunday.

In a memorandum issued Monday, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II directed the Bureau of Immigration to be on alert for possible flight of Lim who turned himself in to police authorities Tuesday and is expected to post bail on for imminent cases of frustrated homicide and illegal possession of firearm.

The LBO was issued by Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II upon request of special assistant to the President for the Visayas Michael Diño.

“We issued the LBO to curtail any efforts on the part of Mr. David Go Lim Jr., or those trying to protect him,  to evade any responsibility from the shooting incident. If he committed the act attributed to him by the victim, then he should squarely face the charges against him,” Aguirre stressed.

The order requires BI personnel to immediately coordinate with the Philippine National Police should they find any of the road rage suspect about to leave the country at the airport.

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While the LBO cannot prevent the subject from leaving the country just like a hold departure order, it requires him to ask for permission from the DoJ for their flights to ensure that they would come back while pending criminal investigation and for possible prosecution in court.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court clarified that there was no reason for Lim to remain under police custody because there is no outstanding warrant of arrest against him.

“As per information of the Executive Judge Gilbert Moises of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, no court has issued a warrant of arrest against Mr. Lim because there is no case filed before the courts,” SC spokesman Theodore Te said, in a statement.

“Neither has there been an application for a search warrant filed. As per the EJ, the office of the Mayor has not contacted any of the judges regarding this matter,” he added.

It was reported that the judges in Cebu City were afraid to issue the arrest warrant against Lim of out fear for the influence of his family. He is the nephew of businessman Peter Lim, a “kumpare” of President Duterte earlier tagged as a drug lord.

But there were no criminal charges filed against the suspect yet before the prosecutors. He only surrendered to the police as facilitated by special assistant to the President Bong Go.

Police took his mugshots and he has undergone arrest procedures even in the absence of the arrest warrant.

Lim is the suspect in a shooting incident arising from a traffic altercation along F. Sotto., Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City when he shot nurse Ephraim Montalbo Nunal in the leg and foot.

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