Sen. Bong Go said yesterday “ninja cops” – policemen linked to the business of recycling illegal drugs confiscated in legitimate operations – should be killed.
“Patayin ‘yan,” Go said when asked what should be done to policemen found guilty of being a ninja cop.
The Senate on Tuesday voted 17-0 to authorize the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights to disclose the contents of its executive session last Sept. 19 on the policemen who are allegedly engaged in the “agaw-bato” or drug recycling scheme.
Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who made the motion, said it is imperative that the public is informed on the contents of the Senate’s executive session in which former Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group director now Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong disclosed the names of cops involved in recycling illegal drugs.
But Sen. Richard J. Gordon, who chairs the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights and Blue Ribbon Committee, said he will submit the names to President Duterte today and let him decide if he would disclose the names of the policemen, which includes high-ranking officers.
Gordon said that while he is not passing judgment on the policemen involved, it is important “that the President is aware of the charges.”
“If we are to clean up our system, not only in the BuCor, but most definitely among higher PNP officials’ handling of drugs, we need to overhaul both systems ASAP,” Gordon said. (Vanne Terrazola)
