The family of hazing victim Marc Andre Marcos have formally brought charges against 39 people they are holding responsible for the fraternity initiation rites that led to Marcos’ death in a hospital in Cavite on July 30.
Six more San Beda law students who were subjected by the Lex Leonum Fraternitas to the same initiation rites as deceased victim Marc Andre Marcos have been identified.
Marc Andre Marcos, 21, joined a fraternity with the promise of brotherhood and support, but instead died alone and unidentified in a provincial hospital, according to the doctor’s report submitted to the National Bureau of Investigation.
Two newly recruited members of the Lex Leonum Fraternitas, who claimed to have undergone the same initiation rites as victim Marc Andre Marcos, have sought police protection and named suspect Gian Angelo Veluz as their handler.
San Beda College has put its foot down against violence in fraternities following the recent death of San Beda College of Law freshman Marc Andre Marcos and that of schoolmate Marvin Reglos just five months ago.
Several alumni of the Lex Leonum Fraternitas have denied that their organization is involved in hazing, even as they expressed willingness to cooperate in investigating the death Monday of hazing victim Marc Andre Marcos.
