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"I mean, it takes all forms. The case of Ranes and Gamayon, it's unusual because of the severity of the harm inflicted and a video was taken of it. Most tortures in the Philippines are being not video taped. A lot of them happen in detention facilities, in holding cells of the PNP," he said.
Police in the Philippines again appear responsible for the fatal beating of a man in their custody. Videos of the incident, which went viral, allegedly show Police Staff Sergeant Ronald Gamayon of the Southern Leyte provincial police beating Gilbert Ranes with his bare hands on a busy street in Maasin City.