Authorities at New Bilibid Prison (NBP) have discovered a hole in the ground, but they couldn’t say whether it was an escape tunnel or was made when former prison officials were allegedly digging
Bureau of Corrections officer in charge Gregorio Catapang Jr. said in an interview with TV5 on Thursday that the “tunnel” was part of an “excavation project” located close to the Director’s Quarters—the official residence of the BuCor director general.
He said “more or less, they were conducting gold hunting in that area,” referring to the former BuCor administration. According to Catapang, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said it gave no permit for the excavation project.Asked whether Bantag might have been involved in the excavation, Catapang said that would still be investigated, but he added that “they could not just proceed with the excavation project if the person who lives in [the Director’s Quarters] does not know about it.”He did not respond to the Inquirer’s request for an interview to get more details about the discovery.
In the most recent prison break at NBP on Jan. 17 this year, four inmates from the maximum security compound bolted out of the supposedly heavily guarded facility.
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