PNP chief relieves NCRPO chief, ACG dir over raid complaint

Police Major General Sidney Hernia and Major General Ronnie Cariaga have been temporarily relieved from their positions as NCRPO chief and ACG director, respectively, for ten days starting Thursday following a complaint related to a raid in Manila.

The relief was ordered by PNP Chief General Rommel Marbil after four Chinese citizens questioned their arrest during an alleged scam operation on October 29.

One of the complainants accused Hernia and others of attempting extortion, demanding P1 million from each for legal assistance and freedom.

During the raid, three ACG personnel were reportedly caught twisting and covering the building's closed-circuit television cameras while conducting evidence gathering; they have since been relieved from their post.

Brigadier Generals Reynaldo Tamondong and Vina Guzman will serve as officers-in-charge at NCRPO and ACG during this period, with an investigative committee led by Lt. Get. Michael John Dubria to review the operation's issues.

Hernia denied the extortion allegations in a statement on Tuesday, asserting that all procedures followed were lawful and proper.