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MANILA, Philippines – The Chief of the Philippine National Police, Gen. Debold Sinas, dismissed the nine police officers involved in the fatal shooting of four army intelligence officers in Jolo, Sulu province, in June last year.
PNP spokesman Brig. General Ildebrandi Usana said Sinas approved on Friday the recommendation of the PNP’s Internal Affairs Service (IAS) to fire Sergeant Major Abdelzhimar Padjiri, Sergeant Major Hannie Baddiri, Sergeants Iskandar Susulan and Erniskar Sappal, Corporal Sulki Andaki and Patrolman Moh Nur Pasani from the Jolo Municipal Police Station. The dismissal of Sergeant Almudzrin Hadjaruddin and patrolmen Alkajal Mandangan and Rajiv Putalan from the Sulu Police Drug Control Unit (DEU) were also ordered to be removed.
The order can still be appealed to the National Police Commission.
As of Friday, the nine officers remained in restrictive custody at PNP headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City.
The PNP informed the Department of Justice that 10 days after the termination of the dismissal and if there was no arrest warrant issued by the court against them during that period, the agents would be handed over to their families.
They are no longer official
“They are no longer policemen. And as such, putting them into police custody amounts to violating their right to liberty while criminal proceedings are pending against them, ”Usana said.
He advised officers not to hide once released, because “they will be in more trouble if they escape. They should simply face their cases in court. “
Last September, the PNP IAS filed administrative cases against the nine policemen. He also took the same action against his direct superiors: Colonel Michael Bawayan, director of the Sulu Provincial Police Office; and Captain Ariel Corsino, the DEU Sulu Police Chief, for gross negligence of duty.
A third superior included in the complaint, Major Walter Annayo, head of the Jolo Municipal Police Station, was shot dead by an as yet unidentified assailant in Maguindanao last November.
The National Bureau of Investigation has filed charges of murder and presentation of evidence against the nine officers.
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