Rolly Panesa
Rolly Mitra Panesa together with his legal counsel from the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) is set to file charges before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against the military and police over his arbitrary arrest and detention and torture on allegation that he is a ranking officer of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
“Security guard Rolly Panesa, who was released from prison last Friday, will file a criminal complaint versus military and police officials,” Christina Palabay, secretary general of the human rights group Kapataan, said.
Palabay said the charges are for violations under the Anti-Torture Act of 2009, Republic Act 7438, Articles 269 (unlawful arrest) and 363 (incriminatory machination) of the Revised Penal Code.
“Filing will be on September 4. He (Panesa) will be joined by Karapatan and his NUPL counsels,” Palabay said.
Just recently, the Court of Appeals (CA) ordered the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to release Panesa from detention at the Bicutan jail in Taguig City after it found out that his was a case of mistaken identity.
But the military insisted that the Panesa, who is in 40s, is the same as the “61-year-old Benjamin Mendoza,” an alleged ranking officer of the CPP.
It said the Solicitor General has filed a motion against the CA decision on Panesa’s case.
On August 12, 2013, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Emmanuel Bautista handed the amount of P5.6-million reward money to a hooded tipster who gave information leading to the arrest of Panesa on October 5, 2012 in Quezon City.
Palabay, however, slammed the reward system as an “organized racket” of some military and police officers.
Still, the military is mum on the reward money issue.
“We will give our response later,” said Maj. Angelo Guzman, deputy public affairs of the military.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/69944/tortured-security-guard-set-to-file-criminal-complaint-vs-military-police
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