P/Capt. Noel Manalo, team leader of the Puerto Princesa City Police Office-Drug Enforcement Unit (PPCPO-DEU), named the injured policeman in a spot report as "newly-identified pusher" P/MSsg. Philip Abejo Pablico, 40, an active member of the Philippine National Police (PNP) currently assigned at the Palawan Provincial Police Office (PPPO).