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cops facing extort charges not in Bohol
By
KIT BAGAIPO
Three
Cebu City policemen facing charges of extortion were not transferred
here in Bohol as earlier reported.
Central
Visayas police director C/Supt. Silverio Alarcio bared in
an interview with the Chronicle yesterday that the three police
officers are being suspended for two months.
SPO1
Jaime Otadoy, PO3 Rey Albotra and PO1 Raniel Capangpangan
of the Cebu City Police-Vice Control Section (VCS) could not
be reassigned in Bohol, contrary to earlier reports, since
they are under investigation and currently undergoing dismissal
proceedings, Alarcio said.
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Reports
of the transfer was met with dissent from various sectors
here.
The
three policemen were accused by an arrested drug suspect
of extortion. Otadoy was arrested by the National Bureau
of Investigation, which conducted an entrapment operation
at the Cebu City Police Office. Albotra and Capangpangan
eluded arrest and are still at large.
In
a separate interview, Bohol PNP director SSupt. Edgardo
Ingking explained that he was apparently misquoted by
Cebu newspapers after he was interviewed about the reported
transfer of the three policemen.
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According
to Ingking, he did not receive any official order from the
regional director regarding their reassignment. However, when
asked by Cebu media to comment if he will accept the three
policemen, Ingking said that if there is an order from his
superior, he will accept the transfer.
He
said he would prefer police to be assigned here who are Boholanos,
for practical reasons that they do not have to regularly go
to their home province, which could affect operations.
Ingking
also prefers those who do not have pending cases.
Alarcio
disclosed that 20 policemen from Cebu have been assigned here
as additional personnel being requested by Ingking.
Ingking
said 10 of the 20 are already reporting at the Tagbilaran
City Police Office.
The other 10 new police personnel have yet to report here,
Ingking added.
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