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MANILA, Philippines – Five officials of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) have been dismissed from service for allowing former Batangas Gov Antonio Leviste to slip in and out of prison without the knowledge of approving authorities.
The National Bureau of Investigation filed in May 2011 a complaint of evasion of service of sentence against Leviste, former husband of Sen Loren Legarda.
This was after an ABS-CBN public affairs program exposed that Leviste, who is serving a sentence of 6-12 years for killing his aide Rafael delas Alas, was allowed to freely leave the NBP compound 3 times that year.
The following were dismissed:
- PSIV Armando Miranda (former Supt of NBP) ;
- PSII Ramon Reyes (then Supt of NBP) ;
- PSII Dante Cruz (former OIC of the Minimum Security Compound NBP) ;
- PSI Robert Rabo (then OIC of the Minimum Security Compound) ;
- PGI Fortunato Justo (Leviste’s custodian at the time of the incident).
A fact-finding panel of the justice department found that Miranda gave Leviste sleep-out privileges without the approval of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).
Leviste was also given 8 prisoners who served as his assistants, and was transferred to the Agro Section of the prisons compound where physical count of inmates was not required. – Rappler.com
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