Complaint against Gloria-Macapagal Arroyo

 

Republic of the Philippines

OFFICE OF THE OBUDSMAN

Agham Road, Quezon City

RONALD MONTEROS

EDUARDO DELESTE, JR.

JOFEL GARZO, HAROLD FERMIN &

RICHARD MALAAY,¹

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Warning to all: All information related to the complainants are privileged and confidential. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and related instruments, the 2002 Rule on Juvenile in Conflict with the Law & the Child & Youth Welfare Code (PD 603) prohibit the naming & identification of these child complainants in public to protect them from social stigma and trauma.

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FOIR AND IN BEHALF

OF ALL POLICE CHILD PRISONERS.

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Case No. ___________________ Crimes Against Humanity/Causing Undue     Injury To Filipino Children prisoners Violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Section 3[e] RA 3019)

 

PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO,

INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

SECRETARY & EX-OFFICIO

NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION

CHAIRMAN JOSE D LINA JR.,

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE

GENERAL HERMOGENES EBDANE &

JUSTICE SECRETARY SIMEON DATUMANONG,

Respondents.

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COMPLAINT

FOR CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY

&/OR CAUSING UNDUE INJURY

TO FILIPINO CHILD PRISONERS

BY JAILING KIDS WITH ADULT CRIME SUSPECTS

UNDER SUB-HUMAN CONDITIONS,

& DEPRIVING THEM OF ACCESS TO LEGAL, SOCIAL, MEDICAL, & PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE & SERVICES

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¹ Another case pertains to a theft case entitled People vs. Anthony Tanio y Hamrangan docketed as Criminal Case No. Q-03-115088 before the sala of Honorable Judge Romeo F. Zamora.

This 15 year old boy had been detained at the Baler Police Station, Central Police District Command-Philippine National Police, since 14 February 2003 when counsel visited him, together with five other children, languishing at the 3 x 4 meter police jail in the company of 19 other male inmates last March 6, 2003.