Criminal complaints filed vs 7 suspects in PMA cadet Dormitorio’s hazing death

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Criminal complaints filed vs 7 suspects in PMA cadet Dormitorio’s hazing death
'I would like to tell my brother, this is just Part I of the battle. We will not stop hanggang hindi napapanagot ang lahat,' says Dexter Dormitorio

BAGUIO, Philippines – Dexter Dormitorio filed on Tuesday, October 8, criminal complaints against 7 suspects in the death of his younger brother, Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadet Darwin Dormitorio, in September. (READ: Police probe shows Dormitorio’s life inside PMA was living hell) 

He accused the following PMA cadets of violation of the anti-hazing law, of torture, and of murder: 

  • Cadet Third Class Shalimar Imperial
  • Felix M. Lumbag Jr
  • John Vincent Manalo
  • Julius Carlo Tadena
  • Rey David John Volante
  • Cadet Second Class Christian Zacarias
  • Cadet First Class Axl Ret Sanopao 

The 7 accused cadets are in the PMA stockade, with 3 prime suspects (Imperial, Lumbag, and Sanopao) kept in isolation. 

Dexter Dormitorio also tagged Darwin’s tactical officers as accomplices in the 3 cases: 

  • Major Rex Bolo, Tactics Group senior tactical officer
  • Captain Jeffrey Batistana, the tactical officer of the Echo Company 

Their liabilities are more of omission, said Dormitorio’s legal counsel John Adrian Bonifacio. 

Dormitorio also filed a dereliction of duty complaint against 3 doctors from the PMA Station Hospital: 

  • Colonel Cesar Almar Candelaria, the commanding officer of the Philippine Military Station Hospital
  • Captain Flor Apple Apostol
  • Major Ofelia Beloy 

Dormitorio, accompanied by lawyer Bonifacio and Baguio City Police Office chief Allen Ray Co, literally waited for the last minute to file their 34-page complaint, crossing the street from the BCPO to the Baguio Justice Hall to meet up with fiscal Edwin Bryan Sagsago at 5 pm. 

“I would like to tell my brother, this is just Part I of the battle. We will not stop hanggang hindi napapanagot ang lahat (until every single one is made to account),” Dexter Dormitorio said. “This is what our family wanted: an airtight case.” – Rappler.com 

 

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