Negros Occidental Board Member Lorenzo Peña Suatengco has been requested to write the Sangguaniang Panlalawigan to explain his side in connection with the "drag racing incident" that resulted in the death of a school teacher.

Board Member Elmero Layumas, chairman of the Sanggunian Committee on Rules and Public Ethics, said he made the request as Suatengco's reply will be used as part of the response of the SP to the incident in aid of legislation.

Layumas said they have also asked Senior Supt. Pedro Merced, Bacolod police director, for a copy of the police investigation findings on the incident.

Layumas said the SP committee will hear the sides of all parties concerned. Suatengco, 19, who represents the Sanguniang Kabataan on the provincial board, and Marvin Ortiz, 16, are facing a complaint for reckless imprudence resulting to homicide filed against them before the Bacolod City Prosecutor's Office for the death of teacher Augusto Vicente de Leon.

Bacolod City Prosecutor OIC Eduardo Esquilla said the complaint has been assigned to Fourth Assistant Prosecutor Emmanuel Lupisan who has sent subpoenas to the two to file their counter-affidavits.

De Leon, 40, a teacher of St. Scholastica's Academy and St. Joseph's High School, was on his way home on board a motorcycle and when he was thrown off as Ortiz and Suatengo were allegedly drag racing down Lacson Street in Bacolod City at about 10:20 p.m. on July 21.*CPG

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