Woman who accused Cebu cops of rape gunned down; police officer later dies by suicide
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Cebu City (CNN Philippines, April 20) A police officer being investigated for alleged rape and extortion took his own life on Monday, hours after his female accuser was fatally shot in Cebu City.
Ritchie Nepomuceno accused Police Staff Sergeant Celso Colita of raping her twice in a Cebu City motel in March.
She also filed criminal complaints against Colita and 10 other police officers assigned to the Sawang Calero Police precinct for extorting ₱170,000 from her.
The complainant also claimed the policemen tortured arrested suspects in a secret detention cell inside the precinct.
Woman who accused Cebu cops of rape gunned down; police officer later dies by suicide
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NOT-SO-SECRET INSPECTION. Commission on Human Rights 7 chief investigator Leo Villarino (third from left) leads the inspection inside the Sawang Police Station to find the “secret jail,” where the 10 former members of the station’s drug enforcement unit “illegally detained” the persons suspected of engaging in drug trade. Two women in protective suit, who accompanied Villarino’s team, are the new complainants against the alleged erring officers. (ARNOLD BUSTAMANTE)
+ April 06, 2021 TWO more women accused 10 former anti-narcotics operatives of the Sawang Calero Police Station in Cebu City of detaining them inside a “secret jail” without filing charges against them.