Manila, May 26 -- Government prosecutors have asked for an accounting of the firearms owned by the Senate, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday.

"Our special panel of prosecutors have issued a subpoena to the Office of the Senate Secretary directing the production of documents relevant to the ongoing fact-finding investigation, particularly, we have asked for the oath of office of Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Ret. Gen. Mao Aplasca," DOJ Secretary Fredderick Vida told reporters in a press briefing

"We have also requested for a summary or inventory of firearms available and owned by the Senate and their corresponding issuance documents to corresponding Senate officials and employees," he added.

Vida said the DOJ also asked for the Se...