The New People’s Army (NPA) Comval-North Davao-South Agusan Subregional Command arrested on December 23 Jose Mervin Coquilla, jail warden of the Compostela Valley Provincial Rehabilitation Center.
The arrest was spurred by complaints received by the NPA on alleged anomalies related to Coquilla’s administration of the Compostela Valley Jail and his involvement in the trafficking of illegal drugs inside the detention center.
The complaints allege that Coquilla stole funds meant for the detainees, resulting in substandard food and medical services received by the inmates.
Coquilla also allegedly abused the detainees physically and psychologically. Visiting family members are reportedly forced to talk to their detained loved ones with the latter remaining behind bars.
On the other hand, Coquilla has reportedly been turning a blind eye whenever prisoners are caught using illegal drugs or when jail guards are caught smuggling drugs into the jail.
The NPA assured Coquilla’s family that he would be treated well by the Red fighters and the revolutionary mass base while he is under investigation.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist
Party of the Philippines
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/publications/ang_bayan/20150107/npa-arrests-comval-jail-warden
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