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A police captain who allegedly demanded a weekly “payola” or protection money from a “loteng” operator, an illegal number game, was arrested by the anti-scalawag unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Balayan, Batangas on Thursday, Sept. 22.
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MANILA - Operatives of the Philippine National Police's (PNP) anti-scalawag unit arrested the deputy chief of police of the Balayan Municipal Police Station in Batangas for extorting money from a resident whom he accused of operating the illegal numbers game "loteng". In a statement Friday, Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG) chief Brig. Gen. Warren de Leon said Capt. Ruben Marilag was arrested in an operation at around 5 p.m. Thursday in front of a bank near their station by the IMEG Field Unit and local police. "The operation stemmed from a complaint lodged against him for coercing and intimidating the complainant/victim into paying a weekly payola for the victim's 'loteng' operation. Accordingly, the said 'loteng' operation had already been stopped since March of 2021 when the victim was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer. Despite this, the suspect insists that the victim must pay for his weekly payola amounting to PHP2,000,& ....
The deputy police chief of Balayan, Batangas was arrested on Thursday for allegedly demanding protection money from an operator of loteng, an illegal numbers game. ....