CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines – Administrative charges were recommended against the 10 policemen of this province for the alleged torture of 15 detainees at a facility in Biñan City.
The Regional Investigation Division 4A recommended the filing of administrative charges against Chief Inspector Arnold Formento, chief of the provincial police intelligence branch, and nine of his men – Senior Police Officer 2 Bernardino Artisen; Senior Police Officer 1 Alexander Asis; Police Officers 2 Freddie Ramos, Mark Julius Caesar, Mateo Cailo, Renan Galang, Aldwin Tibuc, and Melmar Viray, and Police Officer 1 Nelson Caribo.
The recommendation was submitted to the office of Chief Superintendent Jesus Gatchalian, Calabarzon police director, for approval after the pre-charge investigation body found probable cause against the dismissed policemen.
Gatchalian told The STAR the policemen were placed under the restrictive custody of the Laguna provincial police office.