MANILA, Philippines —The Senate on Monday received the Ombudsman's order suspending Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca and the request for the video footage of the May 13 shooting incident.
Two Ombudsman personnel went to the Senate to serve the suspension order on Aplasca and seek a copy of the CCTV.
"I just got the report that they have received both the order for preventive suspension and the subpoena on the CCTV (closed circuit television) footage," Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano said in a text message.
Aplasca admitted that he was the one who first fired the warning shot upon seeing a National Bureau of Investigation agent just outside a bridge connecting the Senate and the Government Service Insurance System buildings.