Corrections officers file torture complaint vs Bantag

Suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gerald Bantag attends the preliminary investigation for the murder case of broadcaster Percy Lapid at the Department of Justice on December 5, 2022.

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MANILA, Philippines — Six corrections officers from the Iwahig and Penal Farm in Palawan on Friday filed a torture complaint against suspended Bureau of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag before the Department of Justice.

Aside from Bantag, others named as respondent in the new criminal complaint are former BuCor deputy security officer Supt. Ricardo Zulueta, former BuCor spokesperson Gabriel Chaclag, and jail guards Victor Erick Pascua, Bayani Allaga, Rose Marie Casion, Jayferson Bon-as, Joel Arnol, Kanoy Lattot, Ave Akilit, Edgar Angeles Jr and Michale Marzan.

The respondents were accused of torture, oral defamation, grave threat, grave coercion, and obstruction of justice. No other detail on the complaint filed has been made public as of this story's posting.

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