BAGUIO CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation has rescued a 12-year-old girl who was made a sex slave and impregnated by her stepfather in Quirino province.
Dado Araos, chief of the NBI-Bayombong District Office , said the suspect was arrested and underwent inquest proceedings last Thursday for violation of Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code in relation to Republic Act 8353, An Act expanding the definition of the crime of rape, as amended, and Republic Act 7610 .
NBI agent-on-case Rodelyn Gay Eugenio said they were informed about the ordeal of the girl last Monday and headed to Cabarroguis town in Quirino and coordinated with the provincial social workers' office to verify the girl’s records and contacted some of her relatives. During counseling at the Provincial Social Welfare Office in Cabarroguis, the victim burst into tears in the arms of her maternal aunt who was waiting together with other relatives and revealed her ordeal.
The victim told authorities she could not reveal her ordeal to her mother because the suspect threatened her.
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