Published January 13, 2021, 5:31 PM
The Supreme Court (SC) has assigned a judge to handle temporarily the pending cases in Branch 3 of the Jolo, Sulu Regional Trial Court (RTC) where the four counts of murder had been filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) against nine police officers for the killing of four soldiers last year.
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In an administrative order issued by Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta, assigned to RTC Branch 3 of Jolo was RTC Judge Alsad Hailil Alfad Jr. of Branch 25 in Siasi, Sulu “to take cognizance of all urgent matters pending in the said court….”
Aside from the Jolo branch, Judge Alfad will also handle temporarily all cases pending in RTC Branch 4 of Parang, also in Sulu.
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sa mga kamag-anak nila at wala na kami jurisdiction
sa kanila (once their dismissal is finalized and the court has not issued any warrant of arrest against them, we will turn them over to their relatives and we won’t have any jurisdiction over them),” Sinas told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) in a text message.
Sinas said once dismissed from the PNP, the nine officers would become civilians and they have no legal basis to detain them.
“We might face allegations of arbitrary detention. This is why we are coordinating with the DOJ that is investigating the criminal case to fast track its filing. And we would hold them to the maximum period allowable. Hopefully, a warrant of arrest would be issued against them soon,” Sinas added.