Task Force formed to probe slay of Dutch worker

Joanna Rosales on DZIQ July 6, 2012

GEERTMAN: 46 years of service to PH PHOTO COURTESY OF CDRN/CDRC

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) has created a task force to investigate the death of Dutch development worker Wilhelmus JJ Lutz Geertman.

PNP Provincial Operation chief Superintendent Joanna Rosales, in an interview over Radyo Inquirer 990 Friday, said the task force was composed of the PNP Crime Laboratory in Pampanga, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, National Bureau of Investigation, Provincial Intelligence Branch and Provincial Investigation and Detection Management.

“We need to intensify the investigation and these agencies will work together to solve this case as soon as possible,” Rosales said.

Geertman of the Alay Bayan-Luson Inc. was shot and killed near his office at Barangay (village) Telabastagan in Pampanga last Tuesday.

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