Angeles cops face charges for illegal arrest

By Charles Dantes

SEVEN police officers of Angeles City, Pampanga have been detained for the illegal arrest and arbitrary detention of 13 individuals in the area, the Philippine National Police - Integrity Monitoring Group (PNP-IMEG) said.

In a statement released by PNPIMEG, the seven cops were arrested inside the Angeles City Police Office Station 2 during a surprise investigation on June 2.

The PNP identified the suspects as Station Commander Police Major Marvin Aquino, Police Master Sergeant Romulo Meligrito, Police Staff Sergeant Nikko Dave Marquez, Police Staff Sergeant Mark Steven Sison, Police Corporal Richard Gozum, Police Corporal Diosdado Villamor Jr., Police Corporal Jaypee Mangilit, and a civilian named Esmael Arviola.

“PNP-IMEG and the PNP Internal Affairs Service (IAS) would be given more teeth to weed out erring personnel from the service. IMEG is the primary PNP unit going after erring policemen while IAS is in charge of initiating the administrative charges against police scalawags,” PNP Chief Gen.Benjamin Acorda Jr. said in a statement.

The operation stemmed after the IMEG-LFU office received a complaint personally lodged by one of the victims’ daughters after her mother was illegally arrested in their residence due to an alleged violation of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 last May 28.

NUCLEAR POWER PLANT TOUR.

Pangasinan (2nd District) Rep. Mark Cojuangco an ardent advocate of nuclear energy leads the site tour of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in Morong, Bataan on June 3 with members of Alpas Pinas a nonprofit organization advocating the use of nuclear energy, officials of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute, and members of the press.

Joseph Muego