Human Rights Watch on Wednesday asked new Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police General Guillermo Eleazar to ensure police cooperation in the investigation of President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war.
The Makati Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed the charges of rape and homicide against 11 men implicated in the death of flight attendant Christine Dacera (pic) on January 1
PHOTO FROM CHRISTINE DACERA’S INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT/ MANILA BULLETIN
“The Dacera family was not surprised that the rape with homicide case filed by the police was dismissed because there’s so many irregularities,” Reyes, the family lawyer and spokesperson, told the Manila Bulletin in a phone interview.
The Makati City Prosecutor’s Office dismissed the charges of rape with homicide against 11 suspects in the death of the flight attendant for lack of probable cause.
“We were not surprised na ganito resolution ng fiscal. Remember, ginamit ng Makati Police ay medical report ni Dr. Sarmiento saying natural cause ang pagkamatay (We were not surprised of the fiscal’s resolution. Remember, the Makati Police used the medical report of Dr. Sarmiento saying her cause of death was natural cause),” he stressed.
PHOTO FROM DACERA’S INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT
“There are many options on our part. The Dacera family can go to the Department of Justice to appeal this dismissal or we can refile this case,” Brick Reyes, lawyer of the Dacera family, said on Tuesday, April 27.
“We are not going to say amen to this dismissal because we are looking for truth and justice not only for Christine Dacera,” Reyes stressed.
In a 19-page resolution dated April 23, Assistant City Prosecutor Joan G. Bolina-Santillan said “this office finds that the evidence presented are insufficient to engender a well-founded belief that rape, homicide, or rape with homicide has been committed.”
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