The National Police Commission (Napolcom) has dismissed from
the service 21 respondents, suspended 11, exonerated 21, and dismissed the
complaint against nine others for lack of jurisdiction in the case against the
62 police officers involved in the Maguindanao massacre that claimed the lives
of 57 victims on Nov. 23, 2009 in Sitio Malating, Barangay Salman, Ampatuan,
Maguindanao.
The 23-page Napolcom Decision dated Nov. 24, 2015 signed by
the Commission en banc chaired by Interior Secretary and Napolcom Chairman Mel
Senen S. Sarmiento resolved the administrative case filed against the 62 police
officers assigned at the various units of Police Regional Office-Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
Napolcom Vice Chairman and Executive Officer Eduardo U.
Escueta said the Commission found substantial evidence that the gruesome
murders of the 57 victims on that fateful day of Nov. 23, 2009 were carried out
by Datu Andal Ampatuan Jr. and the men acting under his interest and direction.
It was also established that the respondent police officers
were culpable for being co-conspirators with Datu Andal Jr. and his men, either
by their direct action or inaction.
Twenty-one respondents were meted the penalty of dismissal
from the service, 20 of which were found guilty of grave misconduct and one was
found guilty of serious neglect of duty and less grave neglect of duty.
Ordered dismissed from the service for grave misconduct are:
P/Supt. Abusama Mundas Maguid, P/CInsp. Zukarno Adil Dicay, P/Insp. Rex Ariel
Tabao Diongon, P/Insp. Michael Joy Ines Macaraeg, SPO2 Badawi Piang Bakal, SPO1
Eduardo Hermo Ong, PO3 Rasid Tolentino Anton, PO3 Felix Escala Enate Jr., PO3
Abibudin Sambuay Abdulgani, PO3 Hamad Michael Nana, PO2 Saudiar Ubo Ulah, PO2
Saudi Pompong Pasutan, PO1 Herich Manisi Amaba, PO1 Michael Juanitas Madsig,
PO1 Abdullah Samma Baguadatu, PO1 Pia Sulay Kamidon, PO1 Esprilieto Giano
Lejarso, PO1 Esmael Manuel Guialal, PO1 Narkou Duloan Mascud and PO1 Rainer Tan
Ebus.
P/Insp. Saudi Matabalao Mokamad was dismissed from the
service for serious neglect of duty and less grave neglect of duty.
The 20 respondents were held liable for opting to become
silent spectators to a crime unfolding before their very eyes. Their inaction
manifests complicity and unity of action to those who committed the abduction,
and later the murders, themselves. They conspired with Andal Ampatuan Jr. and
his armed men in carrying out the massacre of the 57 victims.
However, P/Insp. Saudi Matabalao Mokamad was found guilty
for failing to take command in an emergency when he simply dismissed the
gunshots he heard instead of investigating the matter, he being the highest
ranking police officer in the area. He was also held liable for his failure to
inform higher officers about the gunshots he heard.
The Napolcom found 11 respondents guilty of less grave
neglect of duty and were ordered suspended for 59 days. They are: SPO1 Ali Mluk
Solano, PO2 Kendatu Salem Rakim, PO1 Benedick Tentiao Alfonso, PO1 Abdurahman
Said Batarasa, PO1 Marjul Tarulan Julkadi, PO1 Datu Jerry Mluk Utto, PO1
Mohamad Karim Balading, PO1 Marsman Eging Nilong, PO1 Abdulmanan Lumbabao
Saavedra, PO3 Felix Abado Daquilos and PO1 Jimmy Mlah Kadtong. They were held
liable for paying no attention and simply ignoring the gunshots they heard 30
minutes after the convoy of the Mangudadatus passed their checkpoint.
Twenty-one respondents were exonerated since the Commission
found no sufficient evidence to prove their culpability, namely: P/Supt. Bahnarin
Unas Kamaong, P/Supt. Abdulwahid Unas Pedtucasan, P/SInsp. Abdulgapor Benasing
Abad, SPO2 George Sermonia Labayan, SPO2 Samad Usman Maguindra, SPO1 Oscar
Dariua Donato, SPO1 Elizer Sarad Rendaje, SPO1 Alimola Guianaton Langalen, PO3
Gibrael Rojas Alano, PO3 Ricky Duya Balanueco, PO2 Rexson Diocolano Guiama, PO1
Amir Maliwanang Solaiman, PO1 Badjun Ibad Panegas, PO1 Sandy Diloyodin Sabang,
PO1 Johann Mansal Draper, PO1 Tamano Sahibal Hadi, PO1 Ebara Guiamalon Bebot,
PO1 Pendatun Ambang Dima, PO1 Michael Macapeges Macorongon and PO1 Abdulbayan
Usman Mundas.
PO2 Hernani Saulong Decipulo Jr. was exonerated by reason of
his death.
The Commission dismissed the complaint against the following
nine respondents for lack of jurisdiction without prejudice to the revival of
the case in the event that they will be restored to full duty status: PO2 Tanny
Awal Dalgan, PO1 Ysmael Nalaunan Baraguir, PO1 Abbey Akmad Guiadem, PO1 Warden
Kusain Legawan, PO1 Jonathan Solaiman Engid, PO1 Datunot Mangelen Kadir, PO1
Arnulfo Ayunan Soriano, PO1 Joharto Silongan Kamendan and PO1 Anwear Damaudtang
Masukat.
“Although the Napolcom found sufficient evidence to
establish the liability of some of the respondents, we were constrained to
dismiss the case against them because they either had gone on absence without
official leave or had been dropped from the rolls prior to the institution of
the administrative complaint on March 10, 2010,” Escueta said.
Escueta said that the joint complaint for grave misconduct
against the 62 respondents was filed by the relatives of the media
personalities and journalists who were murdered along with the relatives and
supporters of then Buluan, Maguindanao Vice Mayor Esmael Mangudadatu on Nov.
23, 2009.
On March 12, 2010, the Napolcom, through the Inspection,
Monitoring and Investigation Service, found probable cause to commence summary
dismissal proceedings against the respondents.
Immediately thereafter, the Commission created a
three-member ad hoc committee that conducted clarificatory hearings to provide
the respondents due process of law. The hearings lasted until 2011 to give all
the respondents enough time to submit their position papers and other evidence
for their defense.
“After a careful and meticulous examination of the
voluminous records of the case, the Napolcom determined the culpability of each
of the respondents based on one’s participation or non-participation in the
gruesome and senseless murders of the 57 victims in the Maguindanao massacre,”
Escueta said.
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