SunStar Kidnapping, other charges filed against 2 teachers, 5 Lumads
CEBU. Investigators from the Commission on Human Rights Central Visayas (CHR 7) meet with the parents of some of the Lumad children who attended the Bakwit School in the University of San Carlos Talamban campus. / BENJIE TALISIC
+ February 18, 2021 CHARGES of kidnapping, serious illegal detention and qualified trafficking in persons were filed online Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, against two Bakwit School teachers, three adult Lumad students and two Lumad elders.
The charges were filed by the Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) before the Davao del Norte Provincial Prosecutors’ Office in Tagum City during virtual inquest proceedings held via Zoom videoconferencing app at the Police Regional Office Central Visayas (PRO 7) Wednesday.