At a Senate inquiry, Police Lieutenant Colonel Arbel Mercullo said Chan and several others associated with him were being looked at as POIs in the slaying.
GMA News Online is still trying to get Chan's comment as regards his being considered a person of interest in the killing. She also recalled that in one of Chan’s meetings, the Aparri mayor told his employees that if he was removed or suspended from his post, he would get back at the person who filed the case against him.
At one point during the hearing, Dela Rosa questioned why one of Chan's bodyguards had been seen at the town hall carrying a rifle.Chan confirmed that the person in the picture shown during the hearing was one of his bodyguards.Aparri chief of police Jefferson Mucay said the policeman just asked that the bodyguard carry the gun while he used the toilet.by gunmen in Nueva Vizcaya in February.