Ex-cop Cezar Mancao named head of DICT’s cybercrime center

This file photo shows former cop Cezar Mancao. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines — Former police Senior Superintendent Cezar Mancao II has been appointed to lead the Department of Information and Communication Technology’s (DICT) cybercrime center, Malacañang confirmed Wednesday.

“The Palace confirms the appointment of Mr. Cezar O. Mancao II as Executive Director V of the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT),” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement.

“We are confident that Mr. Mancao’s professional credentials would contribute [to] cybercrime prevention in the country. We wish him good luck in his new assignment,” he added.

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