76 convicts freed under GCTA now under BuCor custody – DOJ | Inquirer News

76 convicts freed under GCTA now under BuCor custody – DOJ

/ 03:23 PM September 08, 2019

MANILA, Philippines – A total of 76 people deprived of liberty (PDL) who surrendered after being freed under the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) are now in the custody of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) as of 12 a.m., Sunday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.

DOJ spokesperson Undersecretary Markk Perete said that their office continues to receive reports of more convicts surrendering from Philippine National Police (PNP) regional offices.

BuCor is an agency under the DOJ.

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Furthermore, Perete said that preliminary report from the Bureau of Immigration (BI) shows that none of the PDLs released under the GCTA have left the country.

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“The DOJ Interim Oversight Committee will meet today with BuCor officials to discuss coordinating mechanisms, and conduct inspections, among others,” Perete said.

President Rodrigo Duterte earlier asked the 1,900 heinous crime convicts released under the controversial GCTA law to surrender to the nearest police station or military camp, saying that once the 15-day deadline given to them lapses, they will be considered as fugitives.

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“If you do not, then beginning at this hour, you are a fugitive from justice. And you will be treated as a criminal who is evading the law and well you know things can go wrong,” the President said in a press briefing in Malacañang.

Duterte also added that he is considering a P1 million bounty on the head of each released convict to anyone who could get them dead or alive. /je

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A newlyweds returning from honeymoon were also among the victims of the crash, just two weeks after tying the knot at a ceremony on Dec. 13. A 32-year-old woman who was about to get married next spring was also among those who took the flight. A father who took his two sons on a trip to Bangkok was found to have died in the tragedy as well. The family was celebrating the elder son recently being accepted to university. A 30-year-old reporter at a Gwangju-based media outlet was one of the passengers of the flight 7C 2216, along with her 33-year-old husband. The vacation was a reward from the reporter's company, during which she posted a photo of a hotel swimming pool in Bangkok on her Instagram saying, "The weather here is so great, it's like early summer." A 50-year-old woman aboard the flight took the trip after surviving a yearlong cancer treatment. It was her first overseas trip since her honeymoon with her husband, who had passed away three years ago. The oldest victim in the accident, a 79-year-old man, was returning from a trip that was arranged by his family. His wife, two daughters and one of his son-in-laws, his granddaughter and three grandsons were also on board. Forty-one of the passengers aboard the flight were on the return leg of a package tour that left Muan International Airport on Christmas night. Of the 175 passengers, 103 were aged at least 50, while 14 were under the age of 20. The Ministry of Education on Monday announced that four of the victims were in elementary school, three in middle school, three in high school, and one was attending a local daycare center.
TAGS: Bucor, convict, custody, DoJ, Free, GCTA

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