Hazing victim’s kin worry about suspects leaving PH

The father of alleged hazing victim Marvin Reglos on Saturday expressed concern that some of the accused in the death of his son may have already left the country.

Lucito Reglos said that his apprehension was due to the “long-overdue” issuance of arrest warrants against several members of the Lambda Rho Beta fraternity.

So far, only two of the accused— Erick Castillo and Bodjie Yap—have been arrested in connection with the death last February of the San Beda law student.

They are currently detained in the Rizal provincial jail while hearings on the case filed against them are pending at the Antipolo Regional Trial Court Branch 97.

The elder Reglos issued the statement in light of the National Bureau of Investigation’s filing of murder and antihazing charges against more than 30 suspects in the death of another San Beda law student, Marc Andre Marcos.

Those charged were members of the Lex Leonum Fraternitas.

Reglos said that although he was happy over the developments in the Marcos case, he was less than satisfied with the progress in his pursuit for justice.

More than three months have passed since the Antipolo City police filed charges for violation of the antihazing law against at least 20 suspects in his son’s death but up to now, some of them are still running free, he added.

“The hearings [on the case of Castillo and Yap], … are ongoing … but the warrants, that’s what I’m so dismayed about,” he explained.

Because the issuance of warrants has been “so delayed,” the Isabela farmer said that there was always the possibility that some of the suspects may have already left the country.

He said that if that was indeed the case, his pursuit for justice and all his sacrifices would have been all for naught.

“We spend more than P500 to attend the hearings. We only manage to produce the money thanks to the help of some people. If [some of the suspects escape], then all of our sacrifices will have been in vain,” he added.

Justice Secretary Leila De Lima, a member of Lambda Rho Sigma, the sister sorority of the fraternity involved in Reglos’ death, had promised a full investigation of her “brods.”