THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs.

TY SUI WONG, VICTOR NG alias “TY SING LING”,

ROQUE DEJUNGCO alias “GERRY”, JOSE DE LOS SANTOS alias “PEPENG KOMANG”, ROMUALDO
CARREON alias “OMENG”, JUANITO ANG y DEJUNGCO, JOHN DOE and PETER DOE, defendants. VICTOR
NG alias “TY SING LING” and JOSE DE LOS SANTOS alias “PEPENG KOMANG”, defendantsappellants.
No. L-32529
May 12, 1978
ANTONIO, J.:

FACTS:

On December 21, 1966 upon arriving home at 11pm in Kanlaon st. Quezon City after attending
mass in Pasay City. Mariano Lim was abducted by Ang and Carreon who forcibly boarded his jeep and
used it to flee the area. The mother Chua Yem, maid Angelita Failona and brother Lim Chiu Beng
positively identified the two suspects. The mother and son reported the incident to the police.

In the early morning of December 22, 1966, at about 6:00 o’clock, Maria Abrogar, a cook in the
household of Henrick Bratt of the Factor Compound, Parañaque, Rizal, saw at a dead-end street inside
the aforesaid compound. She informed the gardener Quirino Asido to check on the person who they
thought was just drunk. They discovered that it was the dead body of the victim and reported the
incident to the police. There was a stab wound on the victims left chest that caused his death.

Victor Ng who has a fight with the victim was question in his workplace and tried to escape.
When he was caught, he confessed and mentioned the names of the other suspects who were also later
caught.

ISSUES:

Whether or not the accused are guilty of the crime?

RULING:

Yes, Gerry Dejungco who revealed to the police authorities on the early morning of February 7, 1967 the
role played in the commission of the crime by appellant Jose de los Santos and Juanito Ang. Finally, it
was Jose de los Santos who, when interrogated by the police, also revealed in detail the participation of
the accused, including Romualdo Carreon, in the commission of the crime. Indeed, while Juanito Ang
and Romualdo Carreon were positively identified by the mother, brother and maid of the victim as the
persons whom they saw taking away forcibly Mariano Lim on the night of December 21, 1966, these
witnesses did not know of the names of the kidnappers or their whereabouts. The solution of the case
was supplied principally by the confession of Victor Ng. And it is only from the narration o facts
contained in their interlocking confessions that the Court could piece together the various pieces that
make up the whole fabric of the criminal conspiracy and its coldblooded execution.

The judgement of the lower court was affirmed.