DZIQ: Diokno preventively suspends Leviste’s guards

Manila, Philippines —New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) Director Ernesto Diokno on Friday signed the preventive suspension order against police guarding former governor Jose Antonio Leviste, a Radyo Inquirer report said Friday.

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Chief Custodian Fortunato Husto, Officer-in-Charge Superintendent Roberto Ramo, Chief Reserve Security Group Dante Cruz, police officer Wilson Marquez, and prison guards Francisco Liwanag and Hilario Managitan will be under a 3-month preventive suspension without pay.

New Bilibid Prsion (NBP) Assistant Director Teodora Diaz said the police officers could also be dismissed if initial investigations reveal that they were guilty of charges of gross negligence.

Leviste was arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday for leaving prison without permit.

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