The Department of Justice has likewise raised the bounty for Palparan's capture to P1 million. Various sectors have meanwhile assailed the PNP's failure to arrest Palparan and suspect that he is being harbored by active and retired AFP officers who were with him in implementing the Arroyo regime's brutal Oplan Bantay Laya and conspired with him in the commission of grave human rights violations.
Binabatikos naman ng iba't ibang sektor ang kabiguan ng pulis na isakatuparan ang pag-aresto kay Palparan. Nagdududa ang maraming sektor na si Palparan ay kinakanlong ng AFP at ng aktibo at retiradong mga upisyal nito na kasama niyang nagpatupad ng malupit na Oplan Bantay Laya ng rehimeng Arroyo at mga kasabwat sa malalalang paglabag sa karapatang-tao.