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.