DOJ calls on witnesses to help prosecute policemen ‘involved in drug war deaths’ READ:
The Department of Justice called on witnesses to help in the prosecution of 154 policemen who allegedly committed criminal acts in 52 anti-illegal drugs operations which resulted in deaths to 56 persons, most of them suspects.
In making public the cases, the DOJ said that it is “inviting any witnesses or persons with first-hand information helpful to the resolution of the 52 cases to come forward and approach to NBI for the taking of their statements.” The Philippine National Police-Internal Affairs Service submitted the records of the 52 cases to the DOJ for review after finding administrative liability on the part of the policemen involved in the drugs operations.One of the cases includes the Dec. 10, 2018 killing of Richard Santillan, the former aide of former Biliran Rep. Glenn Chong. Santillan and his companion, Gessamyn Casing, were killed in Cainta, Rizal.
Leo Morata, Aug. 5, 2017, Tagum City, Davao del Norte; Alec Longos Tolibas, Oct. 5, 2016, Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte; Noelito Montilla and Mark Gerald Rivas, Aug. 15, 2016, Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur; Kent Lee Caballes, Aug. 16, 2017, Trento, Agusan del Sur; Jose Nelson Garbo Jr., Aug. 8, 2016, Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur;
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