DZIQ: Diokno preventively suspends Leviste’s guards | Inquirer News

DZIQ: Diokno preventively suspends Leviste’s guards

/ 02:43 PM May 20, 2011

Manila, Philippines —New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) Director Ernesto Diokno on Friday signed the preventive suspension order against police guarding former governor Jose Antonio Leviste, a Radyo Inquirer report said Friday.

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Chief Custodian Fortunato Husto, Officer-in-Charge Superintendent Roberto Ramo, Chief Reserve Security Group Dante Cruz, police officer Wilson Marquez, and prison guards Francisco Liwanag and Hilario Managitan will be under a 3-month preventive suspension without pay.

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New Bilibid Prsion (NBP) Assistant Director Teodora Diaz said the police officers could also be dismissed if initial investigations reveal that they were guilty of charges of gross negligence.

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Leviste was arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday for leaving prison without permit.

For the full report, listen to Radyo Inquirer DZIQ 990AM.

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