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BuCor exec faces 30 days at Bicutan jail after House contempt citation
Senior Superintendent Gerardo Padilla of the Bureau of Corrections was cited in contempt by a joint four House committees for refusing to answer questions related to the 2016 deaths of three Chinese nationals at the Davao Prison and Penal Farm.
The contempt citation carries a 30-day detention for Padilla at the Bicutan city jail.
Padilla, former officer-in-charge of the DPPF, was questioned about the transfer of inmates Fernando Magdadaro and Leopoldo Tan Jr. to the Inmate Custodial Aid area after the killings.
A person deprived of liberty, Jimmy Fortaleza, testified that Magdadaro and Tan were seen wearing nice clothes and jewelry and allegedly received P1 million each after the incident.
Magdadaro and Tan claimed they executed the Chinese inmates on the order of former President Rodrigo Duterte, who allegedly called Padilla to congratulate him for a job well done.
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Two persons deprived of liberty, Leopoldo Tan Jr. and Fernando Magdadaro, claimed that former President Rodrigo Duterte ordered them to kill three Chinese nationals in August 2016.
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The House of Representatives' quad-committee initially cited POGO official Cassandra Ong for contempt for the second time during a hearing on Wednesday, August 28.
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The House Committee on Public Order and Safety, along with other committees, has approved a motion to invite former President Rodrigo Duterte to provide his side concerning the alleged involvement in the killing of three Chinese drug lords in a Davao prison in 2016.
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