2 women claim being tortured in Cebu City police station
Apr 5, 2021 5:48 PM PHT
John Sitchon
Two women who accused Cebu City cops of robbery, rape, and extortion, say they were also tortured inside a secret room at a Cebu City police station.
Police Major Alejandro Batobalonos, Chief of the Integrity Monitoring and Enhancement Group Visayas Field Unit (IMEG-VFU), told Rappler in a phone interview on Monday, April 5, that they are investigating both of the women s claims.
IMEG-VFU is a unit under the Philippine National Police s Central Visayas office that monitors and investigates police misconduct.
Rappler has confirmed the identities of the victims who accused the police of having a secret room, but are not publishing these for their safety.
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A couple on Wednesday appeared before the Integrity Monitoring and Enhancement Group (IMEG)-Visayas Field Unit and accused the group of Police Staff Sgt. Celso Colita of “hulidap” (abduction-robbery).
Colita was the team leader of the 10 policemen from the Sawang Calero Police Station who were accused of robbing a woman whom they picked up from her house in Minglanilla, Cebu on suspicion that she was keeping illegal drugs and unlicensed firearms.
Colita was also accused of raping the 35-year-old woman twice in a motel.
Colita’s alleged cohorts were identified as Police Chief Master Sgt. Eric Edgar Emia, Police Corporal Rochelito Mabulay, Police Corporal Emmanuel Martinez, Police Staff Sgt. Joseph Alcoseba, Police Staff Sgt. Michael Rhey Cabizares, Police Corporal Carlo Irizari, Police Corporal Junel Pedroza, Police Corporal John Carl Aceron, and Police Corporal Georny Abrasado.
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