Five police officers accused of abducting an online cockfighting agent in Laguna province, one of 34 “e-sabong” enthusiasts missing since last year, have been dismissed from the service, the PNP said. | dexcabalzaINQ santostinaINQ /PDI
The PNP’s Internal Affairs Service said there was substantial evidence to recommend the dismissal of the five policemen upon finding them guilty of grave misconduct and conduct unbecoming a police officer.In a Nov. 25 resolution made public on Monday, the Department of Justice found sufficient basis to indict Paghangaan, Navarete and Brosas on charges of robbery, kidnapping and serious illegal detention. But Sasaluya and Claveria were cleared for lack of probable cause.
It was the first to be resolved among several complaints filed by the PNP and the NBI, which are separately investigating the cases of the missing e-sabong operators and aficionados, most of whom are believed to have been abducted from cockfighting arenas in Manila, Laguna and Batangas in 2021. “They really need to receive it officially so that at least they will be given the opportunity, as part of the due process, to appeal the recommended sanction against them,” Fajardo said.
“The presumption of death is strong already at this point,” he said, adding: “Because of the nature of the case, you don’t have a body of the person that is missing. And when you say missing, you might leave the court an impression that they’re still around, that they are just missing so they cannot be presumed dead yet.”“But all circumstances are saying that they’re gone. They’re not coming back… there’s really no hope that they will return alive,” Remulla said.
“For example, if we file information and the evidence is not strong enough and the presumption is that they are alive, if they are acquitted, there will be double jeopardy even if we find additional evidence after,” Remulla said.
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