Panel gives 12 Philippine cops five days to answer charges over missing cockfighting enthusiasts

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard deploying in the waters of Taal Lake off Talisay town in Batangas province in an organised search for the remains of dozens of cockfighting aficionados missing since 2021 to 2022. — PDI

MANILA: The National Police Commission (Napolcom) has given 12 active police officers five days to file their counter-affidavits in connection with the abduction of cockfighting enthusiasts (sabungeros).

The agency’s Inspection, Monitoring, and Investigation Service served the summons to the officers on Tuesday (July 15), a day after whistleblower Julie “Dondon” Patidongan (alias Totoy) filed a formal affidavit-complaint against them and six other officers who had already been dismissed.