Manila, Aug. 14 -- Philippine National Police chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III on Thursday hit back at the lawyer of one of the policemen being linked to the "missing sabungeros" case for allegedly trying to muddle the investigation.

Torre said Bernard Vitriolo, as a law practitioner, should be well aware that the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) is not the proper forum to receive affidavits in favor of policemen-suspects being investigated.

Torre was reacting to the statement of Vitriolo, legal counsel for one of the police officers linked to the disappearance of the cockfighters, in a press briefing in Quezon City on Wednesday, accusing the CIDG of not acting on the affidavits submitted by 12 witnesses for the policemen b...