MANILA, Philippines — Former police Col. Royina Garma has been cited for contempt for lying and providing evasive replies during the House of Representatives’ quad committee hearing on Thursday.
Garma was being asked by Abang Lingkod party-list Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano about her link to former president Rodrigo Duterte, given that she gained important positions in the government during the Duterte administration.
Garma denied these assertions from Paduano, leading the lawmaker to move for her contempt citation.
A brief discussion ensued after Paduano’s motion, leading Garma to be emotional over the lawmakers’ decision.
The former police officer, who served as general manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, was invited by the quad-committee because she was linked to the killing of three three Chinese nationals detained at the Davao Prison and Penal Farm in August 2016.
Earlier, Bureau of Corrections S/Supt. Gerardo Padilla admitted again that Garma talked to him over the killing of the Chinese nationals.
Garma will be detained at the Correctional Institute for Women in Mandaluyong because the House detention facility is already full.