7th suspect in Laguna hazing death undergoes inquest proceedings

Like the six other respondents, Perry will be detained while waiting for the preliminary investigation. (Pixabay photo)

MANILA – The alleged master initiator of the hazing ceremony which killed John Matthew Salilig, the 24-year-old Adamson University engineering student, has undergone inquest proceedings before the Department of Justice on Saturday.

Lt. Col. Virgilio Jopia, Biñan City, Laguna police station chief, said in a statement that 23-year-old Daniel Perry admitted to being a part of the Tau Gamma fraternity initiation rites on Feb. 18.

He was also among those who took the remains of Salilig to a vacant lot in Imus, Cavite.

Like the six other respondents, Perry will be detained while waiting for the preliminary investigation.

Jopia said Perry confessed to his parents after news broke out of the discovery of the body in a shallow grave on Feb. 28.

Fellow suspects Earl Anthony Romero, Tung Cheng Teng, Sandro Victorino, Michael Lambert Ritalde, Jerome Balot and Mark Pedrosa are likewise under police custody.

A certain alias “Sakmal” who was allegedly among the initiators has died by suicide, it was reported on Friday.

Salilig’s remains are now in his native Zamboanga City.