Published April 27, 2021, 3:15 PM
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has asked the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) to reconsider the dismissal of the criminal and administrative cases it filed against four policemen in connection with the “secret jail” at the Raxabago Police Station 1 in Tondo, Manila in 2017.
Commission on Human Rights
In a statement issued on Tuesday, April 27, the CHR said the OMB’s ruling was a “setback” in its efforts to eliminate the illegal practice of using secret detention facilities, where torture and degrading treatment usually take place.
Cleared by the OMB were former station commander PLtCol. Robert Casimiro Domingo, PCpl. Dylan Lola Verdan, Pat. Berly Apolonio, and PMSgt. Jonathan Ochinang Ubarre. The OMB said there was “no showing” that they detained 12 individuals “in bad faith.”
Published April 27, 2021, 12:49 PM
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has dismissed the criminal and administrative charges filed by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) against four policemen who were tagged in the maintenance of a “secret detention cell” at Raxabago Police Station 1 in Tondo, Manila in 2017.
Office of the Ombudsman
Cleared of the charges were former station commander PLtCol. Robert Casimiro Domingo, PCpl. Dylan Lola Verdan, Pat. Berly Apolonio, and PMSgt. Jonathan Ochinang Ubarre.
“It is beyond dispute that the 12 newly arrested persons were detained inside a cramped space. However, there is no showing that respondents did so in bad faith,” the OMB’s joint resolution reasoned.