Cop sacked over suspect’s escape

MANILA, Philippines — A policeman is undergoing investigation after a fugitive he arrested in Quezon City reportedly escaped after tricking him into buying a sanitary napkin.

The police officer, a 36-year-old corporal, was relieved from his post at the Batasan police station 6.

He is facing a complaint for evasion through negligence under the Revised Penal Code.

The policeman was relieved from his post after a woman identified as Mary Roy Parenas, who is wanted for qualified theft, managed to escape while in his custody on Saturday.

An investigation showed that at around 3:50 a.m., the lawman and other police personnel served a warrant for Parenas’ arrest, issued by the Taguig City Regional Trial Court Branch 227.

The policeman and his colleagues brought Parenas to the Rosario Maclang Bautista General Hospital in Barangay Batasan after she complained of stomach pain and difficulty in breathing.

While in the hospital, probers said Parenas asked the policeman if he could buy napkin pads for her menstruation. The officer agreed.

When he returned from a retail store, the policeman was surprised to find out that Parenas was no longer in the hospital.

The policeman surrendered to his supervisors and is now under investigation.