The DOJ said that Bantag and Chaclag “unlawfully coerced, through violence, threats, and intimidation, complainant Canja into signing a document stating that there was no shooting incident at the IPPF on 1 March 2020 involving BuCor personnel.”
The criminal charge against Bantag and others will be filed with the Muntinlupa City Metropolitan Trial Court. The case stemmed from afiled by Lazaro Rafols Jr., Jer Sahid Mojado, Eddie Jimenez Jr., Richie Canja, Roy Gacasa, and Asher Labrador – all prison guards assigned to the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.
The complainants said that based on Bantag’s orders, they were tasked to report to the New Bilibid Prison on March 2, 2020. The discussion focused on the alleged shooting incident inside the Iwahig facility that happened the day before, on March 1, 2020, between the complainants and Bantag’s personnel assigned to the Palawan facility at the time.
The DOJ said that based on the evidence, Bantag and Chaclag “unlawfully coerced, through violence, threats, and intimidation, complainant Canja into signing a document stating that there was no shooting incident at the IPPF on 1 March 2020 involving BuCor personnel.”Canja, one of the prison guards, was also allegedly forced to desist from filing a criminal complaint against Bantag’s personnel, the DOJ explained.
Meanwhile, the other complaints against Bantag and the others, which include grave threats, physical injuries, slander, obstruction of justice, and alleged violation of the Anti-Torture Act, will not push through. “This office finds no probable cause to indict respondents for these crimes in view of insufficiency ofAside from this case, Bantag also faces a number of allegations, including a charge for his alleged involvement in the killing of broadcaster
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