Metrobriefs

Police to probe colleagues

The Rizal provincial police have started investigating a former movie director’s complaint that policemen in Antipolo City failed to act on his complaint against an alleged land-grabber. “The regional police office directed us to look into it. But we are still waiting for [Mauro Samonte] to submit a formal affidavit and the other necessary documents,” Senior Superintendent Manuel Prieto, Rizal police director, told the Inquirer. Samonte, 70, earlier reported that a group of men attacked him and his family four times before taking over a portion of his 5,000-square-meter lot on Sumulong Highway. Samonte identified the man who took his property as businessman Jumel Lirazan. The Inquirer tried to get his side of the story but Lirazan refused to be interviewed and told the Inquirer that Samonte’s claims were all lies.—Niña Calleja

‘No to spoiled meat’

A Manila councilor filed Wednesday a resolution pushing for the stricter implementation of a city ordinance that penalizes the sale or trade of meat unfit for human consumption. “This is just a reminder to the city health officer and an effort to protect the people from the illicit trade of ‘double-dead’ meat,” Councilor DJ Bagatsing told the Inquirer.—Maricris Irene V. Tamolang