PNP intensifies manhunt on Basilan judge gunmen

Inquirer.net - Nov 13, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday said that it intensified the manhunt for the two gunmen behind the killing of a Basilan judge. Basilan Regional Trial Court Presiding Judge Joseph Wee Sit was shot and killed by two unidentified men early Thursday in Zamboanga City. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez

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