Guevarra: PH may ask Interpol help in finding Peter Lim
JUSTICE Secretary Menardo on Monday said that the government may ask the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to place Cebu businessman Peter Lim under its red notice list.
Guevarra revealed this to reporters following reports that Lim, according to Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año, has already left the country.
“Aside from intensifying efforts on the part of our intelligence and law enforcement agents to track down Peter Go Lim, we may also request the Interpol to assist if there are indeed indications that this fugitive has slipped out of our country,” Guevarra said.
” I think, it’s about time, ” he continued when asked if the government would ask Interpol to place Go, who was accused of involvement in the illegal drugs trade, under the agency’s red notice list.
Just the other day, Año disclosed that Lim has already left the country.
“Yung isa pang hinahanap natin na si Peter Lim nawawala na rin at tingin natin nakalabas na ng country,” Año said.
No BI record
Guevarra said that as per the Bureau of Immigration, there was no record of Lim’s departure.
” Per BI records, there is no record of departure by PETER GO LIM. His last recorded foreign travel was in 2017,” Guevarra said in a message.
Lim and his brother were reportedly campaign supporters of President Duterte in 2016. Lim was listed in the order of battle of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
The National Bureau of Investigation has filed more drugs charges against self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa, Lim, and several others following their alleged involvement in the proliferation of ‘shabu’ and other illegal drugs in Cebu City.
Apart from them, likewise charged were Lovely Impal, Melvin Gerpacio, Wu Tuan Yuan alias ‘Peter Co,’ Ryan Diaz, and Reynaldo Diaz alias ‘Jumbo.’
Espinosa was specifically accused of leading a large-scale shabu operation while under detention at the Bagong Buhay Rehabilitation Center (BBRC) in Cebu City.
According to the NBI, Espinosa was giving orders through cellular phones to distribute drugs on streets while under incarceration.
