12 COPS IN MISSING SABUNGEROS CASE

NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION (Napolcom) Inspection, Monitoring and Investigation Service Staff Director Edman Pares and Vice Chair and Executive Officer, lawyer Rafael Vicente Calinisan, announced yesterday, July 29, that the commission found probable cause on the administrative case filed by whistleblower Julie Patidongan, alias ‘Totoy,’ against the 12 police officers tagged in the missing ‘sabungeros’ (cockfight enthusiasts) case. Relatives of the missing cockfighting enthusiasts joined Patidongan in lodging complaints against the police officers. The complaint is administrative in nature, which means the penalty could either be suspension or removal from police service, depending on Napolcom’s findings.