Cop held for breaking into home, hurting minor
A police staff sergeant was arrested after he was seen in a viral video allegedly forcibly entering a home in Quezon City and injuring a minor, according to the National Capital Region Police Office. — Photo from NCRPO/Facebook
MANILA, Philippines — A police staff sergeant was arrested after he was seen in a viral video allegedly forcibly entering a home in Quezon City and injuring a minor, according to the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).
The officer was said to be under the influence of alcohol when he entered the home along Caragay Street in Barangay Damayan shortly after midnight on April 21 and engaged in a heated altercation with the residents, the NCRPO said in a statement on Tuesday.
Personnel from the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Station 2 arrested the officer for violating domicile and Republic Act 7610, also known as the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination Act.
“He (the officer) was immediately disarmed of his service firearm and was placed under police custody,” the NCRPO said.
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“Appropriate complaints are now being prepared by the arresting officers for immediate filing of complaints to the Department of Justice,” it added.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) identified the officer as Staff Sergeant Colonel Jordan Marzan in a statement on Tuesday.
Viral video
A video of the incident was posted on social media by user Zhy Berryle on Monday.
In the caption, they said, “Sinira niya ang aming pinto, tinutukan kami ng baril, at lahat kami ay sinaktan, kasama ang mga lola ko, at kapatid ko na 16 years old lang, at ako mismo.”
(He broke our door, he pointed a gun at us, and he hurt us all, including my grandmother, and my sibling who was only 16 years old, and myself.)
“Kinaladkad niya ang lola ko. Gusto niyang hubaran ang kapatid ko. Hinawakan niya ang maselang bahagi ng katawan ko,” they added.
(He dragged my grandmother. He wanted to strip my sibling. He touched a private part of my body.)
The post has at least 77,000 shares as of this writing.
QCPD officer-in-charge Col. Randy Glenn Silvio said the suspect targeted two more houses, searching for a certain individual.
“May nagpapakalat ng text, information, report na may involvement siya sa drugs. Yung nagpapakalat yung hinahanap niya,” Silvio explained.
(Someone was spreading texts, information, reports that he had involvement in drugs. The one spreading the rumor was the one he was looking for.)
QCPD director relieved
Citing this incident, NCRPO Director Maj. Gen. Anthony Aberin relieved QCPD Director Brig. Gen. Melecio Buslig Jr.
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According to Aberin, he was notified of the situation through a station commander, not the district director.
The order to relieve Buslig was effective April 21.
