PNP Urges Critics Not To Blame General Bato Dela Rosa For The Mistakes Of Erring Policemen

The Philippine National Police asked critics not to blame Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa for the mistakes of erring policemen.

“Every day, crime is happening so every day we’ll have a new PNP Chief if General Bato resigns, the President has to appoint a new PNP Chief,” PNP Spokesman Senior Supt. Dionardo Carlos said.

That’s why there’s a need to cleanse the ranks of the police. Rogue cops, with impunity in mind, are now using the war against drugs, especially “tokhang,” as a means to commit kidnapping for ransom, he added.

“If I have my way, I would kill these policemen-cum-kidnappers. But I cannot do it because that’s illegal,” PNP Chief Dela Rosa said upon learning kidnapped South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo was strangled to death by rogue cops inside Camp Crame.

SPO3 Ricky Sta. Isabel, along with two other cops, all assigned at the PNP Anti-Illegal Drugs Group (AIDG), strangled Jee to death inside his SUV parked few meters away from PNP’s office on October 18, 2016.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte became “very angry” when he mentioned the case of kidnapped South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo who was strangled to death by rogue cops inside Camp Crame.

“The policemen behind the kidnapping are not my people. I wonder why they are not afraid of me,” President Duterte said.

Source: Newswatch