Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra said Sunday none of the prisoners released prematurely on account of the Good Conduct and Time Allowance (GCTA) law has left the country.
Citing a report from the Bureau of Immigration , Guevarra said: “Preliminary reports from BI indicates none of the PDLs who were prematurely released on account of GCTA and included in the list submitted by Bureau of Corrections has left the country.”
DOJ records showed that among those who have surrendered were two of three men serving 40 years imprisonment for the 1997 rape-slay of sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong of Cebu City. Perete said the DOJ interim oversight committee headed by Undersecretary Deo Marco will meet Monday, September 9, with BuCor officials headed by officer-in-charge Melvin Ramon Buenafe to discuss coordinating mechanisms on the turnover of surrenderers and to conduct inspections.
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