MANILA -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday
reiterated its implementation of a relentless internal cleansing program to
weed out police officers engaging in unscrupulous activities.
“The CPNP (Chief PNP), Gen. Oscar Albayalde has immediately directed
National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Regional Director, Maj. Gen.
Guillermo Eleazar, to speed up both the criminal and administrative proceedings
as part of our massive campaign on internal cleansing to regain the full trust
and confidence of our people,” PNP spokesperson, Col. Bernard Banac said in a
message sent to reporters.
This came after two police officers were arrested for extortion in
separate operations in the cities of Pasig and Pasay.
Banac noted that once found guilty, these police officers will be
dismissed from the service and will be put behind bars.
"(Such) kind of personnel have no place in the PNP. We never
tolerate anyone of our colleagues for committing illegal acts or crimes,” he
added.
At around 4 a.m. Wednesday, members of the Counter Intelligence Task
Force (CITF) arrested Cpl. Anwar Encarnacion Nasser, a member of the Station
Drug Enforcement Team (SDET) in an entrapment operation at the Pasay City
Police Station 1.
Nasser's cohorts, identified as SDET officer-in-charge Lt. Ronaldo
Frades, Sgt. Rigor Octaviano and Patrolman Anthony Fernandez escaped during the
operation by passing through a backdoor, taking with them the marked money
amounting to PHP100,000.
The operation stemmed from the complaint of Joan dela Torre who claimed
that Nasser and his cohorts demanded PHP100,000 in exchange for the release of
his live-in partner identified as George Revilla.
Revilla was arrested by SDET personnel for alleged possession of illegal drugs in Makati City on Tuesday morning.
However, authorities found out that there was neither an entry of
Revilla's arrest in the police blotter nor a documentation regarding their
alleged operation.
The suspect is now under the custody of CITF for proper disposition and
possible filing of kidnap-for- ransom case.
In Pasig City, operatives of the Regional Special Operations Unit
(RSOU)-NCRPO arrested PO2 Marlo Siblao Quibete, a member of the District Drug
Enforcement Unit (DDEU) of Eastern Police District (EPD) for robbery extortion.
The arrest of the suspect stemmed from the complaint of Eva Cabansag
who personally appeared at the RSOU.
Cabansag said Quibete demanded a sum of money in exchange for dropping
the drug case against her live-in-partner.
Following these incidents, Eleazar ordered the immediate relief of EPD
director, Brig. Gen. Bernabe Balba and Pasay police chief, Col. Noel Flores.
Also relieved from their posts were 15 members of the EPD-DDEU and 27
members of the SDEU of Pasay City Police Station, including their heads.
The relieved police officers will be assigned at the Police Holding
Administrative Office in Camp Crame.
Eleazar said Brig. Gen. Christopher Tambungan will replace Balba as EPD Director while Col. Bernard Yang will replace Flores as Pasay police chief.
“The PNP with our Chief, Gen. Albayalde leading the way, is determined
to rid our ranks of undeserving policemen," he told Philippine News Agency
(PNA) in an interview.
The NCRPO, meanwhile, encouraged the victims and the complainants to
come out and provide information against these erring cops. (PNA/By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan)
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