Court orders arrest of cops accused of killing Army men in Jolo By NICOLE-ANNE C. LAGRIMAS, GMA News
Published January 15, 2021 10:37am
Updated January 15, 2021 3:10pm The Jolo, Sulu Regional Trial Court (RTC) has ordered the arrest of nine policemen accused of killing four soldiers in the town last June, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday. The court issued the arrest warrants on Thursday, said Prosecution Attorney Honey Delgado, spokesperson of the Office of the Prosecutor General. Delgado said the court is scheduled to hear prosecutors motion for a hold departure order (HDO) against the accused on Friday. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra confirmed this and said the court also issued hold departure orders (HDO) against the accused.
AFP calls on dismissed cops in Jolo shooting incident to surrender By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News
Published January 15, 2021 2:50pm The Armed Forces of the Philippines urged the dismissed police officers involved in the fatal Jolo shooting incident last year that left four Army officers dead, to surrender after warrants for their arrest have been issued. We urge the respondent police personnel to surrender else the AFP, the Philippine National Police, and other government agencies will vigorously search, find, and deliver them to court without delay to face trial for multiple murder, AFP spokesman Major General Edgard Arevalo said in a press statement Friday.
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+ January 12, 2021 THE prevailing lockdown in the province of Sulu may have caused the delay in the issuance of arrest warrants against the nine dismissed policemen who were charged over the killing of four Army intelligence officers.
Office of the Prosecutor General spokesperson Honey Delgado on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, said the courts in Jolo might not be operating at full capacity because of the lockdown. If Sulu is still on lockdown, the courts might not be operating in its full capacity may or may not slow down the process, she said in a message to reporters.
The province of Sulu is on lockdown from January 4 until January 17, 2021 to block a new variant of Sars-CoV-2 from nearby Sabah in Malaysia.