THE Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday filed criminal charges against three policemen linked to the killing of student Kian de los Santos in August 2017. Charged with murder at the Caloocan City Regional Trial Court were Police Officer 3 Arnel Oares, PO1 Jeremias Pereda, PO1 Jerwin Cruz, and police asset Renato Perez Loveras alias Nono/Nonong. The Caloocan policemen claimed that the teenager was a drug runner. “No convincing evidence was presented to show how these other 12 respondents (policemen) conspired to commit the crime/s. Neither do the undersigned investigating prosecutors find credible proof that links or gives unifying purpose to the principal respondents’ individual acts,” it added.

Source: Manila Times January 29, 2018 16:30 UTC