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Nestor Villanueva
suffered injuries to
different parts of
his body after he
was beaten by the
policemen as he was
running away.
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Another victim, Lucresio Baril, had his left little finger cut off
when he tried to protect himself after one of the policemen was
stabbing him with a bladed weapon.
The police took, six persons—namely Marlon, Nestor, Philip,
Jason hega, Emmanuel Dioneda and Jay Abahn, into police
custody. But despite the serious injuries they already had, the
police did not immediately take them to the hospital. They were
taken only after an hour later saying that they had no key to the
patrol car they use.
At 1am on march 7 the police took four persons, Philip, Jason,
Jay and Emmanuel, for treatment at the manila hospital. The two
others, nestor and marlon, were taken to the police station at 6am.
On that day, all six were taken to the RTC in manila where they
were subjected to inquest proceedings and charged for violation
of Batas Pambansa (BP 880) or the Public Assembly Act of 1985.
They were also charged for violation of the RPC for tumults and
other disturbance of public order and direct assaults to persons
in authority respectively. The prosecutor, however, released them
from police custody subject to “further investigation.”
Story 45: Arbitrary arrest and detention of a couple
in military custody
Victims:
1. Jaime Soledad (a.k.a. Jimmy), 58
2. Clarita Luego, 50, wife of Jimmy
(The couple is currently held in custody of the 2nd Infantry
Division of the AFP in Camp Vicente Lim, Canlubang, Laguna)
3. Vilma Madrazo, 37, cousin of Clarita; arbitrarily arrested
and released
Alleged perpetrators: About ten unidentified men in plain clothes
later identified to be policemen
Date of incident: 20 March 2008 at 4pm
Place of incident: In front of a convenience store along Daang
Hari in Molino 3, Bacoor, Cavite
AHRC-UAC-056-2008
Vilma madrazo met Jimmy Soledad and the latter’s wife,
Clarita, in front of a convenience store. The couple had come to
Bacoor on the invitation of madrazo to discuss a deal regarding
a small store Clarita was selling. As they were about to leave to
board a tricycle, about ten men in plain clothes approached them
and tied their wrists behind their backs.
One of the men told them they were under arrest, but he did
not identify himself nor did they show them any identification.
The three victims were then forcibly taken to separate vehicles
nearby. They pushed the victims inside their vehicles before going
to the direction of a shopping mall in the area of molino.
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