A board member of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) who was among the seven suspects charged by a Manila judge for their alleged complicity in the murder of a Masbate politician has surrendered to the police.
Sandra Cam yielded to members of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) on Thursday after she was served with a warrant of arrest.
Cam was in a hospital where she had been confined for days when the warrant was served, according to CIDG Director Major Gen. Albert Ignatius Ferro.
He said that Cam would stay at the hospital until she would be fit to be taken under custody at Camp Crame, or to a custodial facility, that will be ordered by the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 42, which issued the warrant.
Prosecutors from the Department of Justice approved the filing of murder and two counts of frustrated murder charges against Cam and six others on April 16 over the killing of Batuan, Masbate Vice Mayor Charlie Yuson III.
Yuson was killed while his two companions were wounded when they were shot in Sampaloc, Manila in October 2019 by armed men who emerged from a van.
The motive of the killing was said to be politics. Cam’s son, Marco Martin Cam, ran against Yuson’s son, Charmax Jan Yuson, in the last elections for Batuan’s mayoralty post, but lost.
On Monday, the Manila court issued the warrant against Cam, her son, Batuan Vice Mayor Nelson Cambaya and alleged gunmen Junel Gomez, Bradford Solis, Juanito de Luna and Rigor dela Cruz.
The CIDG said Cam informed the police through her bodyguards about her wish to surrender.
PNP chief General Debold Sinas said the CIDG operatives based in Cavite served the warrant on Cam.
“As a matter of procedure, the PNP will report Cam’s arrest to the court for proper disposition,” he said.
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