It was 29th September 2008, I was taking my semester finals with another student at the Philippine Embassy when the Social Welfare Attaché walked in. His desk was a little distance from ours, and we were in his direct view. We chatted a little from our positions, he mostly asking about the nature of our activity there (what we were doing, for which semester, the university we were enrolled in, etc). At the time, Mr Cabilao had been in KL three months and was in need of an assistant, so I promised to leave a CV on his desk during the weekend when I take the rest of my exams. Before leaving, he passed me two business cards: one that stated his current post, and the other as DSWD Philippines Social Technology Bureau Director.
Though his death comes as a shock, perhaps the manner of it isn't quite so shocking. He had informed me then that his job sometimes involved dealing with criminal cases that required police intervention. Unless his murder was of a personal nature, it's possible that he was killed in connection with a case he was working on.
To the Cabilao family and to the rest of his loved ones, my sincerest and deepest condolences.
KUALA LUMPUR: A senior official with the Philippine Embassy was murdered at his home with multiple head and body injuries in his apartment.
Finardo G. Cabilao, 52, the head of social welfare department of the embassy, was found sprawled in a pool of blood in the hall of his Casa Ria apartment here in Taman Maluri yesterday.
He was believed to have been repeatedly assaulted and beaten with blunt objects by more than one attacker.
Police ruled out robbery as a motive as Cabilao’s cash and valuables, such as camera, lap-top, watch and other belongings were left intact. The case is investigated as murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
At 11am, several Philippine embassy officials rushed to Cabilao’s home after they received a call from his wife in Manila, and had suspected something amiss when he did not turn up for work.
It is learnt that the wife had asked the embassy to check on her husband as Cabilao never failed to call her every morning since he began working here several years ago.
The officials arrived at Cabilao’s unit on the first floor and found the front grille gate unlocked. They discovered the body in the hall and alerted the police.
City CID chief Datuk SAC II Ku Chin Wah said police found a broken wooden chair in the hall believed to been used by the suspects to beat Cabilao.
His body was taken to the Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia for a post-mortem.
SAC II Ku said a neighbour claimed that a couple visited Cabilao just after 11pm on Thursday.
"The neighbour told us that he heard Cabilao and the couple got into a shouting match.
"He claimed the couple then stormed out a little later and sped off in a car," SAC II Ku said.
He urged anyone with information to contact the Rakan Cop Hotline at 03-2115 9999 or SMS to 32728.
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