{"id":207298,"date":"2019-03-28T04:08:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T08:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=207298"},"modified":"2019-03-28T04:08:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T08:08:25","slug":"teen-suspect-in-silawan-killing-to-be-put-back-to-dswd-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/28\/teen-suspect-in-silawan-killing-to-be-put-back-to-dswd-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen suspect in Silawan killing to be put back to DSWD custody"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The teen suspect was arrested by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents last March 16 in Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City. He was released on March 23, the same day Silawan was buried. (File photo: Debbie Jane Bancale)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 17-year-old suspect in the gruesome killing of Christine Silawan, whose body was found half-naked and her face skinned, will be sent back today to a care facility of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).<\/p>\n

This, according to lawyer Vincent Isles, the suspect’s legal counsel, in a phone interview with DZMM on Thursday, March 28.<\/p>\n

“We have decided with the mother that we will voluntarily commit to a child care facility,” Isles said, adding that they will retrieve the minor from a safe house where he was put in and commit him to a home care facility in Lapu-Lapu City later on Thursday.<\/p>\n

This development came after President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he ordered the re-arrest of the suspect who is Silawan\u2019s ex-boyfriend.<\/p>\n

\u201cSabi ko\u00a0<\/i>i-recall\u00a0mo \u2018yang<\/i>\u00a0order\u00a0ninyo<\/i>\u00a0of dismissal (I told him to recall their order of dismissal) and have the guy re-arrested,\u201d Duterte earlier said.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Di ako papayag ganunin ang bata. Binalatan mo ang bata, mahuli ka ilang<\/i>\u00a0days\u00a0tapos palayain? Imposible ang<\/i>\u00a0hot pursuit\u00a0na<\/i>\u00a024 hours\u00a0lang\u00a0<\/i>(I won\u2019t allow them to do that to the child. He skinned the child, he was arrested for a few days and later on he was released? It is impossible to have a hot pursuit within 24 hours only).<\/i>\u00a0Six days it\u2019s still hot pursuit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

[READ: Duterte wants 17-year-old suspect in Silawan slay re-arrested<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Sought for a comment on the Chief Executive’s remarks, Isles said he believes that Duterte might have been “misadvised” or “misinformed” about the case.<\/p>\n

“Perhaps he has been informed that this was a proper warrantless arrest. But there has been a preliminary finding by the Office of the Prosecutor of Lapu-Lapu City that it did not fall under the valid warrantless arrest,” the lawyer told DZMM<\/p>\n

“<\/b>I’m not sure if he had read the entire case folder and I’m very sure he has no time for that so ang umabot sa kanya ‘yun ang<\/i> summary ng mga tauhan niya <\/i>(what reached him is the summary of his men). And if he had read the entire case folder, I’m very sure he would realize na hindi ‘to <\/i>(that this is not a) valid warrantless arrest and the Office of the Prosecutor of Lapu-Lapu City is correct,” he continued.<\/p>\n

The teen suspect was arrested by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents last March 16 in Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City. He was released on March 23, the same day Silawan was buried.<\/p>\n

The Lapu-Lapu City Prosecutor\u2019s Office ordered the release of the suspect, pointing out that the warrantless arrest by the NBI was invalid.<\/p>\n

The NBI has filed a motion for reconsideration seeking to reverse the prosecutor’s decision, which Isles said they will contest, saying, “We will also file an opposition to it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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