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CentralLaw hit dismissal of charges vs police in drug war shootout
By Nidz Godino
"Dismissal of charges by Ombudsman also reinforces necessity for International Criminal Court to exercise its jurisdiction in order to prosecute masterminds behind thousands of extrajudicial killings during Duterte years," International Criminal Court said dismissal of charges against four police officers accused of killing civilians in Oplan Tokhang operation justifies need for ICC to continue its drug war probe.
Office of the Ombudsman this week dropped both criminal and administrative charges against police officers Emil Garcia, Allan Formilleza, James Aggarao, and Melchor Navisaga. Four officers are accused of killing four civilians during anti-illegal drugs operation in Barangay Payatas in August 2016.
Civilian who survived incident by playing dead later testified against cops but was also arrested and accused of shooting police personnel. He was cleared by Quezon City court in March.
CenterLaw lawyer's group specializing in international law "laments fact that while Ombudsman acknowledged deaths of victims in the hands of policemen, and notwithstanding very clear irregularities in police operations and glaring inconsistencies in policemen's sworn statements, it still cleared respondent-police officers not only of criminal liability but also of administrative liability."
ICC denied appeal of Philippine government to pause its investigation into drug war killings carried out under former President Rodrigo Duterte. This greenlights international court's prosecutors to issue arrest warrants in the Philippines, although justice department will not execute warrants of arrest ICC may issue.
During Duterte's drug war, at least 6,200 people were killed in police operations, according to government data. Actual death toll could be twice more from 12,000 to 30,000 based on estimates by human rights groups.
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