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PNP-CIDG bags 4 MWPs for ‘rape’

August 10, 2022 Alfred P. Dalizon 330 views

A 66-YEAR-OLD man wanted for 21 counts of rape was arrested by combined agents of the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) and the local police in a manhunt operation in Narra, Palawan, last Thursday, a report to PNP-CIDG director, Major General Eliseo DC Cruz said.

Tagged as Mimaropa region’s top 1 “most wanted person”, (MWP) members of the local CIDG and the Police Regional Office 4-B (PRO4-B) under Brig. Gen. Sydney S. Hernia has been hunting down the suspect since last April. A tip from a concerned citizen led to the arrest of the elderly man.

The suspect went into hiding after being accused of repeatedly raping his victim from September 2019 to August 2020.

The three other suspects were arrested on the same in separate manhunt operations, the PNP-CIDG said.

One of them, the 2nd MWP in Bicol, was arrested in his hiding place in Bgy. Mataas na Lupa in Lipa City in Batangas. Judge Igmedio Emilo Camposan of the Masbate City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 48 ordered the arrest of the suspect for three counts of sexual assault, three counts of lascivious conduct, and three counts of qualified rape.

The 3rd suspect was arrested in Bgy. Bagbagon in Lantawan, Basilan based on a warrant for two counts of rape issued by Judge Leo Jay Principe of the Isabela City RTC Br. 1 in Basilan.

The 4th suspect, a 16-year-old teenager whose name was withheld, was arrested in Sitio Tawagan 1 in Bgy. Sirao, Cebu City, on the strength of a warrant for rape by sexual assault issued by Judge Leah Geraldez of the Cebu City RTC Br. 20.

“Protection from violence and any forms of abuse, carnal, and lascivious acts is a right of every woman and children. Thus, we remain committed to accounting for all wanted rape suspects in the country to give justice to their victims,” said Cruz.

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