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“A case implicating former Bureau of Corrections director general Gerald Bantag in the murder of broadcast journalist Percy Lapid has been junked”
Social media posts Claim dated 1 Nov 2022.
Vera Files rated thisMisleading

In short

This claim spread on social media around 1 November 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 4 November 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.

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