Philippine politician’s body recovered from ocean depths
(08-21 10:39)
Divers recovered the body of an influential Philippine politician today, three days after a light plane carrying him and three others crashed into the sea, the government said.
Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo's remains were found at a depth of 55 meters near the coast of the central island of Masbate, where the plane went down on Saturday, Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas said.
Roxas said divers reached the wreck of the twin-engine Piper Seneca on the sea bed about 800m from the shore, and recovered the body, AFP reports.
“The body arrived on the surface at about 8:15 this morning,'' Roxas said on live television broadcast from Masbate. Divers were still trying to recover the bodies of the Filipino pilot and his Nepalese co-pilot. The fourth person on the airplane, Robredo's aide, had survived the crash.
Robredo, 54, is married and a father of three daughters.
He headed the 143,000-strong national police force, long dogged by accusations of corruption and abuse.
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