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PNP deploys tracker teams for Sarah Discaya
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has dispatched intelligence and tracker teams to apprehend Sarah Discaya and others involved in a "ghost" flood control project in Davao Occidental.
The Office of the Ombudsman recommended the filing of graft and malversation cases against Discaya and several public works officials.
Acting PNP chief Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. stated that police units are on alert for arrest warrants and that operations are designed to pressure suspects to surrender.
The PNP is collaborating with the National Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Immigration, Philippine Coast Guard, airport authorities, local government units, and barangay and neighborhood watch groups.
Authorities are urging the public to provide information to assist in the apprehension of the accused.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to track down contractor Sarah Discaya and others involved in a P100-million ghost flood control project in Davao Occidental.
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Contractor Sarah Discaya, implicated in anomalies concerning flood control projects, is currently under surveillance, according to Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla.
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Acting Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. expressed his Christmas wish for justice, particularly concerning the ongoing investigation into infrastructure anomalies.
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Contractors Cezarah Discaya and Maria Roma Angeline Rimando of St. Timothy Construction, along with eight officials from the Department of Public Works and Highways-Davao Occidental, will face malversation and graft charges over a P96.5 million flood control project described as a 'ghost project.'
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