Boratong was the operator of the notorious “shabu tiangge” in Pasig City.
He was convicted, along with his wife, in July 2009 after the drug den was raided and demolished in 2006.
A funeral parlor in Muntinlupa City also confirmed yesterday that a certain Amin Imam Boratong was picked up from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) last month.
Gigi Laconico, the daughter of Zenaida Lim de Mesa Funeral Homes’s owner, said the BuCor contacted them to pick up the body of Boratong and brought it to a Muslim cemetery in Norzagaray, Bulacan in the afternoon of June 5.
The body bag was not opened, according to Laconico, since “the cadaver is COVID-19 positive.”
She said what happened was a “direct burial” as cremation is a practice that is forbidden by Islam.
BuCor spokesman Gabriel Chaclag also confirmed the death.
“(Boratong’s) name is among the deceased,” Chaclag said in Filipino.
Boratong’s death was confirmed a few days after another high-profile person deprived of liberty (PDL), Jaybee Sebastian, was reported to have died due to COVID-19.
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