Pres. Duterte Says General Bato To Stay As PNP Chief, He Has My Complete Trust And Confidence
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte brushed aside calls for
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa to resign over
the murder of a Korean kidnap victim inside police headquarters at Camp Crame.
“He stays there. Bato has my complete trust and confidence,”
President Duterte said, referring to PNP Chief Dela Rosa by his nickname.
President Duterte has ordered Chief Dela Rosa to prosecute
the rogue policemen who kidnapped then strangled Hanjin Executive Jee Ick Joo
inside Camp Crame in October 2016.
“He must identify those policemen who are into this kind of
activity,” President Duterte said. “And I can assure you, everybody involved
will be prosecuted.”
President Duterte’s expression of confidence came after
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said some policemen involved in criminal
cases and placed under PNP custody have gone missing.
One of these, Sec. Aguirre said, was PO1 Jonjie Manon-og of
the Highway Patrol Group (HPG), who was accused of killing motorist John dela
Riarte in July 2016.
“The HPG received a copy of the arrest warrant last January 18
but up to now he has not been found. We don’t know where he is,” Sec. Aguirre
said in an interview.
Sec. Aguirre asked the PNP to comply with the court order,
especially since Manon-og was supposed to be under restrictive custody due to
separate murder and robbery charges against him.
“The PNP or whoever has custody of the accused is duty bound
to produce him,” Sec. Aguirre said.
Public Attorney’s Office Chief Persida Rueda-Acosta, who
provided legal assistance to the victim’s family, said she would coordinate
with the PNP for the HPG man’s arrest.
Chief Acosta lamented that despite the arrest warrant issued
January 12, Manon-og remained at large.
The two arrest orders issued by the Makati RTC branches 145
(for murder) and 138 (for robbery) against the accused were served to the
Quezon City police district and PNP headquarters in Camp Crame.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) earlier indicted Manon-og
after finding in preliminary investigation that he and the other arresting HPG
officer, PO3 Jeremiah De Villa, shot Dela Riarte inside their police mobile
after arresting the motorist following a traffic altercation along EDSA in
Makati City.
The handcuffed victim died of multiple gunshot wounds in the
chest, abdomen and right thigh.
Manon-og was also indicted for robbery after it was found
that the victim had Php 30,000 in cash with him during the incident.
In a hearing in August 2016, De Villa and Manon-og denied
allegations and claimed that Dela Riarte twice attempted to snatch their
firearms.
However, a day after formally denying the charges against
him at the DOJ, De Villa died after jumping off the roof of a building in Camp
Crame.
Under criminal procedures, deceased respondents are
automatically absolved of criminal liabilities.
Source: Newswatch
Pres. Duterte Says General Bato To Stay As PNP Chief, He Has My Complete Trust And Confidence
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