General Trias police chief, 2 others sacked in probe on curfew violator’s death
enablePagination: false File photo from General Trias Police s Facebook page
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 7) The chief of police of General Trias City in Cavite has been relieved from his post after two curfew violators testified that they were indeed made to do physical exercises, a claim that could back the case against policemen over the death of Darren Manaog Peñaredondo.
In a statement on Wednesday, Philippine National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Ildebrandi Usana cited sworn affidavits of two individuals who said they were asked to do knee bender exercises by two General Trias policemen who were earlier sacked pending investigation.
Curfew violator dies after being made to do 300 pumps, cops deny punishment
Published April 6, 2021 1:26am A quarantine violator in General Trias in Cavite died on Saturday after allegedly being forced to do around 300 rounds of a pumping exercise. According to Reichelyn Balce, live-in partner of the victim Darren Peñaredondo, the latter was arrested by village watchmen for violating the curfew on April 1. Balce said Peñaredondo only went out to buy mineral water but was arrested and brought to the General Trias Police Station. She said those arrested were ordered to do pumping exercises 100 times. However, the violators were not in sync and had to repeat the exercise until they were able to do almost 300 rounds.
Philippines: Man Dies After Punishment for Breaking Coronavirus Curfew
6 Apr 2021
A Philippine man died on Saturday after allegedly being forced to perform 300 squats by local village guards in the province of Cavite for leaving his house past curfew during a coronavirus lockdown.
Darren Manaog Peñaredondo, 28, died on April 3 after local quarantine enforcers known as
barangay tanod or “village guards” detained him in Barangay Tejero, a village near Cavite’s General Trias City, on April 1 for leaving his home to purchase drinking water after 6:00 p.m. The unauthorized outing violated Cavite province’s current curfew mandated by Manila on March 28 as part of a regional coronavirus lockdown.
Published April 6, 2021, 12:49 PM
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is standing by the statement of the chief of police of General Trias in Cavite denying that the local police imposed severe physical exercises on curfew violators that led to the death of a local resident last week.
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
PNP spokesman Brig. Gen. Ildebrandi Usana said they have already asked the chief of police of General Trias to explain and the latter said that there was no such incident as narrated by the family of Danny Peñaredondo.
“It was the Chief of Police of Gen Trias denying they ever imposed physical exercises on the quarantine violators. We will take his word for that. He even claimed they provided assistance to the victim’s family to bring him to the different hospitals,” said Usana.
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