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Article 191 of the Child and Youth Welfare Code (Presidential Decree 603), prior to
the PNP’s compliance with the said commitment order
‣ Annex C to Ombudsman complaint – referral letter of PNP to the DOJ prosecutor of
the case against Victim 1, proving that the PNP had custody of Victim 1, contrary to
the mandate of PD 603
‣ Annex C-1 – sworn statement of complainant against Victim 1, showing the date of
incarceration of Victim 1 at police jail with adults
‣ Annex C-2 – commitment order issued by the court to the PNP directing Victim’s 1
transfer
‣ Annex D – commitment order addressed to the PNP to transfer the custody of Victim
2, showing that the PNP had detained Victim 2 at the police jail packed with adults
prior to the PNP’s compliance with the court directive
‣ Annex D-1 – police referral letter of Victim 2’s case to the prosecutor
‣ Annex D-2 – Affidavit of Arrest which proves that Victim 2 was in fact taken and held
by the police at the police station where a number of adult crime suspects were
actually detained in the company of Victim 2
‣ Annex D-3 – criminal information against Victim 2
‣ Annex E to E-3 – criminal information against three other children to prove the
widespread character of the Covenant violation
‣ Annex E-4 – commitment order by the court to prove the widespread character of the
jailing of children with adult crime suspects and the acceptance by various
stakeholders, i.e., judges, prosecutors, and law enforcers, of this violation as a way
of life
‣ Annex E-5 – request for the issuance of a commitment order signed by the police, to
prove that police detain children in police jails in the company of adult crime suspects
‣ Annexes F, F-1, and F-2 – photographs of children behind bars in the company of
adult crime suspects
‣ Appeal to Honorable Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide to stop the illegal
detention of children with adult crime suspects in police jails, signed by Fr. Anthony
J. Ranada, Atty. Rene Sarmineto, and counsel, signed/received by the Chief
Justice’s office on January 2, 2003, consisting of two pages
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‣ “Petition to issue a memorandum circular to stop the illegal detention of children”
addressed to the Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG) signed by
Fr. Anthony J. Ranada, counsel, and other concerned citizens, asking Interior
Secretary Jose Lina to direct law enforcers to divert and turn over children
immediately upon arrest to the care and custody of the Department of Social Welfare
and Development, and for law enforcers to refrain from further jailing them with adult
crime suspects in police jails This six-page letter was received by Secretary Lina’s
office on March 3, 2003 as shown by the rubberstamp marking and signature found
on page 1 thereof
‣ Two separate appeals titled Tattooing and Beating Up of Children in Police Custody
addressed to then Interior and Local Governments Secretary Jose Lina signed by Fr.
Anthony J. Ranada, and the other by concerned citizens and counsel, dated June
30, 2003, and received/signed by Secretary Lina’s office on the same date.
‣ Appeal by counsel to all Family Court Judges of Quezon City, National Capital
Judicial Region, Philippines, titled An Open Exhortation for Grassroots Judicial
Activism to Stop Police Child Detention, to dismiss the cases against children
accused of violating the law on the ground of failure of jurisdiction due to the violation
of the constitutional rights of children committed by law enforcers and prosecutors by
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