Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila M. De Lima on
Thursday the conviction of a Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Units (CAFGUs)
member for frustrated homicide.
CAFGU member Renato de Lumen was accused of trying to kill
SPO1 Eric Lomibao of the Daraga, Albay Police Station on Sept. 20, 2010.
During trial, the prosecution recounted that Lomibao was
among 10 police officers dispatched by the Daraga Police Station to a
"troubled area in Bagumbayan, Daraga, Albay" to respond to a
"mauling, shooting and carnapping incident."
As the policemen chased the fleeing suspects, Lomibao
"got shot in the buttocks as he exchanged gunfire with de Lumen," who
continued to flee.
De Lumen was eventually arrested in a nearby house while
Lomibao was admitted in a hospital and was discharged two days later.
A doctor testified that "Lomibao's wound, if left
untreated, could prove fatal as he stands to suffer acute blood loss."
In a 15-page joint ruling, the Legazpi City Regional Trial
Court (RTC) Branch 10 found de Lumen "guilty beyond reasonable doubt of
the crime of frustrated homicide."
Presiding Judge Maria Theresa San Juan-Loquillano sentenced
him to an indeterminate penalty of imprisonment of from four years and two
months of prision correccional as minimum to ten years of prision mayor as
maximum and to pay Lomibao a total of Php17,000 in damages.
The CAFGUs were created by virtue of Executive Order No. 264
signed by then President Corazon Aquino on July 25, 1987.
Under that law, "The Citizen Armed Forces Geographical
Units shall consist of cadre of officers and men in the active force and
qualified reservists residing in the locality."
They "may be called or mobilized to complement the
operations of the regular force of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
However, De Lima clarified the CAFGUs were created to
augment the regular units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
"Thus, they are expected to be law abiding and peace
loving citizens," De Lima said.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=787972
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