Calbayog City police intel chief asked court for lawyers info on his own Eleazar By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News
Published March 15, 2021 2:28pm
Philippine National Police officer-in-charge Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar on Monday, March 15, 2021, said the Calbayog City Police intelligence unit chief acted on his own when he wrote to the court asking for the names of lawyers of some personalities linked to suspected communists. The Calbayog City Police intelligence unit chief acted on his own when he requested a court to identify the lawyers representing some personalities linked to the Communist Party of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police said.
PNP relieves Calbayog City Police chief, 9 others over fatal shootout, intel ops on lawyers By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News
Published March 14, 2021 2:39pm
Philippine National Police officer-in-charge Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar on Sunday, March 14, 2021, said the chief of police of Calbayog City and nine others have been relieved from their posts. The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Sunday relieved the chief of police of Calbayog City Police for command responsibility over two recent controversial incidents involving his personnel. In a statement, PNP officer-in-charge Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar said Police Lieutenant Colonel Neil Montaño has been relieved from his post.
The Commission on Human Rights on Sunday welcomed the PNP's decision to relieve Calbayog City Police Station intelligence chief for requesting a court to identify lawyers representing personalities identified with the Communist Party of the Philippines.
Published March 14, 2021, 12:58 PM
The chief of police of Calbayog City and nine other policemen were sacked from their posts over the alleged March 8 encounter that killed Mayor Ronaldo Aquino, and the alleged blunder committed by the local police intelligence chief whose letter to the local court for the names of lawyers representing people linked to communist rebels went viral in the social media.
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Lt. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, Officer-In-Charge of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the reorganization at the Calabayog City Police Station is part of the effort to improve the investigation, intelligence and operational capabilities of the local police force amid the two controversial incidents that hit the local police force in just a span of one week.