Son of Palace exec shot dead in QC / Fugitive Jason Ivler captured by NBI

[normanlee]

Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 17:47:00 11/19/2009

MANILA, Philippines—A son of a Malacañang official was shot dead, allegedly by a foreign national, while the victim was inside his car in Quezon City late Wednesday evening, a police official said Thursday.


Supt. Ferdinand Ampil, Quezon City Police Station 7-commander, identified the fatality as Renato Victor Ebarle, 27, son of Presidential Chief of Staff Undersecretary Renato Ebarle Sr., and works as a recruitment manager of Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City.


Ampil said initial investigation showed Ebarle was in a Toyota Land Cruiser at the corner of Santolan Road near corner Ortigas Avenue in Barangay Valencia, Quezon City, when he was shot by a Caucasian-looking man onboard a blue wagon-type vehicle with diplomatic plate no. 20903.


He said Ebarle, who sustained gunshot wounds in his chest and arms, was killed on the spot.


Chief Insp. Benjamin Elenzano, head of the QCPD homicide section, said that based on the records of the Highway Patrol Group, the suspect's vehicle was registered to a British national, Stephen Pollard, with address at No. 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City.


Elenzano said a check with the Department of Foreign Affairs Protocol Office showed that Pollard works for the Asian Development Bank and has immunity from suits.


"We have to request ADB to turn Pollard to us so we could ask him of his possible involvement in the killing of Ebarle,'' Elenzano said.


He said they will also request a photograph of Pollard for proper identification of the witnesses.


Ampil, citing witness account said, "the foreign national alighted from his vehicle and shot the victim at close range after an almost collision.''


But Ampil quickly added that an investigation to determine other possible motives of the killing was ongoing.


He said another witness described the assailant as between 25-30 years old, about 5'8" in height, bald headed, and had a tattoo on his right arm.


Elenzano said the victim had just left the house of his girlfriend Kristina Tabas at the Armed Forces of the Philippines officials' quarters in Camp Aguinaldo and was on his way home in New Manila, also in Quezon City, when he was shot.


"She (Tabas) became worried when the victim was not picking up his phone and decided to drive through the victim's possible route when she learned that her boyfriend had not arrived in their house,'' Ampil said


He said the girlfriend recognized her boyfriend's car and saw him slumped in the driver’s seat with gunshot wounds. Nancy C. Carvajal

Ganun ba talaga? Immune ang mga foreigners working with embassies or ADB kahit na nakapatay sila?

[niky]

Ganun ba talaga? Immune ang mga foreigners working with embassies or ADB kahit na nakapatay sila?

I doubt that will hold. If it's still illegal in your home country, you're going to have to face the music somewhere...

[Lucius]

Ganun ba talaga? Immune ang mga foreigners working with embassies or ADB kahit na nakapatay sila?

Immune sila pag nakasagasa. Pero in this case, hindi.

Di natin alam kung parehong mayabang, nonetheless condolence sa family.

[CVT]

Ampil, citing witness account said, "the foreign national alighted from his vehicle and shot the victim at close range after an almost collision.''

It is implied here that the probable cause was road rage... Ingat lang tayo mga bros sa pagmamaneho....

8900:painting:

[XTO]

no match yung wagon and threatened yung guy in diplomatic plate dahil mas malaki yung LC kaya inunahan na. sayang.... kita ko sa news iyak ng iyak yung GF na kaka hatid lang.

[OldSchoolHack]

Condolences to the family. We should learn from this. Konting lamig ulo pag nag mamaneho.

dami nang pangyayaring ganito.

[shadow]

tingin ko parehong mayabang...since yun victim eh gamit niya yun plate number na para sa tatay niya.

[Djerms]

Foreigner ba? Ang balita ko anak sa labas nung Pollard yung may dala ng sasakyan. The suspect was a relative of Freddy Aguilar. Medyo known sila sa ADB because they are branded as "mayayabang" at "mukhang p*kP*k" loitering inside the ADB compound.

That the ADB officer was just involved because it was his vehicle used in the scene of the crime. Poor son of a gun....

Narinig ko lang sa friend ko na taga ADB.

[Altis6453]

The father of the victim was involved in his own road rage incident way back in 2007. Got this from a different forum:

Malacañang official accused of attempted homicide

By Jeannette Andrade
Inquirer
First Posted 01:54:00 10/13/2007

Filed Under: Road Transport, Local authorities

MANILA, Philippines – A complaint for attempted homicide was filed yesterday against an undersecretary of the office of the presidential chief of staff.

Warrick Evidente of Barangay Mariana, New Manila, Quezon City filed the complaint at the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Cubao police station 7 after Renato Ebarle allegedly tried to run him over with his sports utility vehicle. Evidente, a 40-year-old sales executive, said the incident stemmed from a traffic problem.

The Greenhills, San Juan police detachment reported that the incident started at around 9:35 a.m. along 1st Street in Barangay Mariana.

Evidente and his 5-year-old son were about to leave their townhouse aboard a maroon Toyota Corolla (WCU-158) to buy bread when Ebarle’s charcoal gray Toyota Land Cruiser with a 12* license plate in front and RET-565 in the back, suddenly appeared, the report said. Ebarle stepped on the brakes to prevent a collision.

Evidente told the Inquirer that Ebarle started hurling invectives at him and threatened to kill him, adding that he worked in Malacañang.

Evidente said he got his son out of the car and asked a security guard to take him home. As he was about to board his car again, Ebarle stepped on the accelerator, sideswiping his left leg, he said.

Despite an injured leg, Evidente chased Ebarle until they reached the corner of Santolan Road and Ortigas Avenue in San Juan. During the chase, the Land Cruiser allegedly tried to get Evidente’s car off the road.

SPO1 Gerardo Matias, who was aboard San Juan mobile unit 431, noticed the incident and told them to stop. Evidente told him his version of the story. When Matias asked Ebarle to get off his vehicle, the latter reportedly introduced himself as a Malacañang official and said he wanted the case to be brought to PNP chief Director General Avelino Razon in Camp Crame. He handed Matias a business card.

When Matias threatened to charge him with willful disobedience of a person in authority, Ebarle agreed to go to the San Juan Police detachment in Greenhills. Once there, Ebarle reportedly excused himself when his lawyer Ben Dangaso arrived, allegedly promising that the latter would take care of the matter since he had to go to Malacañang.

Matias told the Inquirer he asked the lawyer to wait while he brought the victim to the San Juan Medical Center for examination. When they returned, Dangaso was also gone.

In a telephone interview, Dangaso told the Inquirer he left the station because he knew the incident was outside the jurisdiction of San Juan authorities.

He said his client would file counter-charges against Evidente and the San Juan police for allegedly filing a false report

[boybi]

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