Bureau of Corrections. INQUIRER FILES
MANILA, Philippines — A jail official, whose title was tagged within the try to smuggle a major quantity of alcohol and tobacco into the Sablayan Jail and Penal Farm (SPPF), was by no means talked about in any official doc, together with the authorised allow relating to the incident, and thus shouldn’t be relieved from his submit, his lawyer stated.
The jail officers, together with CT/Inspector Edgar Laudencia, have been talked about in a press assertion dated July 10 issued by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) as amongst these relieved from their posts.
Nevertheless, based mostly on paperwork despatched by Atty. Jennifer Garcia-Laudencia, spouse of the jail official, her husband’s title was not in any paperwork, together with spot stories, permits, or the order of reduction.
“My husband’s title was not talked about [in the order of relieved personnel from SPPF regarding the incident.]
The incident occurred final July 2 when a dump truck containing gravel and sand tried to enter SPPF. Upon inspection, the gravel and sand contained a considerable quantity of contraband.
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The gravel and sand have been purportedly requested by an individual disadvantaged of liberty for the aim of masking an outdated septic tank.
First, Garcia-Laudencia stated the authorised allow/cross for the dump truck to enter the jail premises was not signed by CT/Inspector. Edgar Laudencia.
“On this allow, my husband’s title was by no means written,” Garcia-Laudencia stated in a letter addressed to Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gen. Gregorio Catapang.
She lamented that the individuals whose names seem within the allow have been by no means relieved from their posts and transferred to the New Bilibid Jail (NBP) for investigation.
Second, she stated her husband’s title additionally doesn’t seem in any of the stories submitted by C/Insp. Abel Ciruela or by the K9 handler on the incident, which was acknowledged as the idea for the reduction order.
Trial by publicity
The lawyer lamented that her husband was topic to trial by publicity after BuCor issued a press launch together with his title.
“Clearly from the foregoing, my husband’s title was not in any approach concerned on this controversy, but his title was talked about within the media, within the press launch as a type of sacked from their submit…Thereby, unduly discrediting his clear title and fame,” she stated.
She additionally urged Catapang to clear the title of CSO1 Richard Buenaflor after he was additionally relieved with none legitimate foundation.
On the similar time, she urged the BuCor management to conduct an instantaneous investigation to find out who was the actual offender within the smuggling of contrabands at SPPF.
In response to her letter, Assistant Secretary Al Perreras, Deputy Director Basic for Administration, stated “the matter had been forwarded to the Directorate for Intelligence and Investigation and is presently being prioritized.”
He assured that “the investigation will likely be performed with equity, impartiality, and independence, safeguarding the pursuits of the bureau and the events concerned.”
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“Please learn that the well timed and goal decision of this investigation is of utmost significance to sustaining the integrity and upholding the rule of regulation inside the Bureau,” he added. /mr
