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BY JOHN JOSHUA MASCARIÑAS, Intern
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Tuesday, September 5, 2017
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MANILA – Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara likened the killing of Carl Angelo Arnaiz, a former University of the Philippines student, to the death of 17-year-old Kian Loyd delos Santos.
The 19-year-old Arnaiz from Cainta, Rizal went missing on Aug. 18 after leaving home to buy snacks and was found dead in a morgue in Caloocan City 10 days later.
“It looks like a repeat of the Kian (delos Santos) killing and in the same area reportedly,” Angara said on Monday.
Arnaiz robbed a taxi driver on Circumferential Road 3, Caloocan Police Officers 1 Jeffrey Perez and Ricky Arquilita said in a sworn affidavit.
He died after exchanging gunfire with Caloocan policemen. Marijuana and shabu were also found in his possession, police claimed.
But Arnaiz’s body showed signs of torture, an autopsy report from Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) said.
The eyes were swollen, there were handcuff marks on the wrists, and he could be kneeling when he was repeatedly shot on the chest, said the report.
“The PAO reports an execution-type of killing with bullet wounds in the back. This is simply unacceptable,” Angara said, adding that police must uphold law and order in bringing suspects to justice.
“We don’t need killing machines,” he stressed. Instead, the Philippines needs “speedy, fair and efficient justice machines that people can trust and don’t fear.”
For his part, Sen. Joel Villanueva reminded the police that they were “created to serve and protect the people.”
“The law is created for the people and not against them,” Villanueva said. “The recent injustices that happened clearly call for a reevaluation of the sworn duty of the supposed protectors of our country.”/PN
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