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Sa giyera kontra droga ng nakaraang administrasyon, tinatayang nasa mahigit 6,000 ang napatay sa mga lehitimong drug operations ayon sa Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency o PDEA mula 2016 hanggang 2022. Pero bukod sa mga napaslang sa mga police operation, may mga napatay rin ang mga unknown killers o hindi matukoy na mga salarin. Ang kanilang mga biktima, natagpuang itinapon, nakagapos, nakabalot ng tape ang mga katawan at wala nang buhay.
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00:00In our last breath, we will find silence.
00:30We will be able to make up for all that we have felt, all of our problems.
00:45But for those who are still alive, it seems like there is still no peace.
01:01Especially for those who died in a cruel way.
01:09Thousands have been killed in the war on drugs in the past few years.
01:21They can't ask what they did. They are not God. That's what they did.
01:28Many questions about the bloody campaign are still being answered.
01:35On behalf of the Committee on Dangerous Drugs, the meeting is now called to order.
01:43So we expect this to be a very important day in the continuation of the investigation on the war on drugs.
01:50Today, we shall continue this hearing on the extrajudicial killings.
01:55In the re-election of the dead,
01:58We needed someone capable of implementing the war on drugs.
02:04If you don't kill him, I will kill you now.
02:09There are those who are waiting to hear
02:15the voices of the dead.
02:20Stories from the grave.
02:23They were not given a chance to speak, even after death.
02:29What will they tell us?
02:33The stories of the dead.
02:36Their stories.
02:39Stories of the dead.
02:42Their stories.
02:47This story begins with a story that was included in the Brigada Programme in 2015.
03:12This is the story of our Brigada Sibang Alegre.
03:22This story is about three young friends in Manila, Justin, J.J., and Marcelino.
03:33At first glance, you can't imagine what they went through.
03:37That's right, the bottles of rice that fell in the market, they were picking them up one by one.
03:58At his age of 14, Marcelino was the oldest of the three children.
04:06When we walk, we can't see anything.
04:12That's why we just pick up rice.
04:17From picking rice,
04:21to cooking the rice,
04:27two pieces of fish,
04:30and one egg,
04:32the Brigada helped.
04:34And we ask for water.
04:37And we cry.
04:41After more than half an hour, finally, the friends can eat.
04:49The documentary is a picture of the great hardship in the city,
04:58which is being recorded by many young people.
05:03This is the story of the Brigada Sibang Alegre.
05:18A year later,
05:24this is what Marcelino picked up.
05:33This is the story of the Brigada Sibang Alegre.
05:39It is just a piece of rice,
05:41carefully picked from the market.
06:10Can I close it?
06:14Can I close it?
06:16Let's close it.
06:17Let's close it.
06:19The reason for his death
06:22is still a mystery to his family until now.
06:26We will find out the truth.
06:32So, you are the family of the deceased?
06:33Yes, we are the family of the deceased.
06:34So, you are the family of the deceased?
06:35Yes, we are the family of the deceased.
06:36Father Flavio Villanueva led the exhumation
06:39here in Laloma Cemetery.
06:48He is a member of a non-government organization
06:51that helps the victims of the War on Drugs.
06:56He is a member of a non-government organization
06:58that helps the victims of the War on Drugs.
07:04There are three exhumed in this cemetery today.
07:11Their bodies need to be retrieved
07:14because the soil has expired in their nitsos.
07:18Our countrymen in Lailayan
07:22cannot afford to buy land
07:25for their loved ones.
07:28So, they just rent it.
07:30And the rent is only good for five years.
07:36There are a lot of bodies in the cemetery.
07:50The wounds of the victims
07:52were left by the police.
08:18Two of the exhumed
08:20were killed in an anti-illegal drugs operation
08:23in their community.
08:27Darwin Dacilio was killed
08:33when the police entered his house in Caloocan City
08:38on December 27, 2016
08:41according to his wife.
08:43How did they kill him?
08:44They saw him from above
08:45and forced him to go down the stairs.
08:50My wife said,
08:52Sir, please don't kill me.
08:54We were shocked
08:56when we heard our neighbor
08:59shooting.
09:10On the same night,
09:12the police entered the house of Reggie's neighbor,
09:15his mother Normita.
09:20Adrian Romero,
09:22the son of Normita's mother,
09:24was tortured and raped.
09:27He was later found dead.
09:31There were other policemen outside.
09:34I asked them,
09:36Sir, where are you taking my son?
09:38They said,
09:40it's not his fault.
09:42The policemen told me
09:44to go to Eusebio.
09:46I thought Eusebio
09:47was just a precinct.
09:49They said,
09:51it was a foreign police station.
09:58The last of the victims
10:01was Marcelino.
10:06He was only 17 years old
10:08when he was raped in 2019.
10:14But unlike Darwin and Adrian,
10:17it's still unclear
10:19if he was one of the victims
10:21of the War on Drugs.
10:27He lost his mother.
10:30His family had no money
10:32to pay for his treatment.
10:39Until his death.
10:44He was shot
10:45by a gun.
10:54His grandmother,
10:56still couldn't accept
10:58what happened to her grandson.
11:02Her body was found
11:04lying on the side of a market
11:06that was considered
11:08a drug hotspot by the authorities.
11:11She wanted to know
11:13if she was also a victim
11:15of the war.
11:45Father Flavie plans to cremate
11:48the bodies of the victims
11:50and bury them in a memorial.
11:54But more than giving
11:56a decent burial,
11:58he plans to bury the group.
12:02An expert will examine
12:04their bodies.
12:08There is no proper investigation.
12:11If you look at the police reports,
12:13there are three things
12:15mentioned there.
12:17There is a gun,
12:19a drug, and a fight.
12:21So we exhume them
12:23and in the process,
12:25we bring them to Dr. Raquel Fortun
12:27to probe into the matter
12:29so that the witnesses
12:31of the truth
12:33can explain
12:35how they were raped.
12:38In the past few years,
12:40the controversy
12:41about the use of war on drugs
12:43by the past administration
12:45has become a hot topic.
12:52In the bloodshed,
12:54the word
12:56fight
12:58had a deep meaning.
13:00They felt like they were
13:02taking a gun
13:04and this is where the fight took place.
13:06They took two guns
13:08and shot the police.
13:09From 2016 to 2022,
13:11more than 6,000 people
13:13were killed in anti-illegal
13:15drug operations
13:17according to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
13:19or PIDEA.
13:22Others were killed
13:24by the so-called
13:26vigilante groups,
13:28wearing gappos,
13:30covering their faces with packaging tape.
13:32Others were even
13:34covered with a caratula.
13:39What's your name?
13:41Banana!
13:45The victims
13:47continued to demand justice
13:49and the truth.
13:58I visited Grandma Feli
14:00in their house in Navotas City.
14:07This is
14:09Marcelino's
14:11certificate of death.
14:13Marcelino's life
14:15from birth
14:17to death certificate
14:19is sealed in a plastic envelope.
14:24He was just a kid.
14:26He didn't like
14:28to read.
14:30It's a good thing
14:32he got it from his brother.
14:34This looks like
14:36a picture
14:37of him on TV.
14:39This is it, right?
14:41They interviewed him.
14:43They cooked for him.
14:45They made rice
14:47in an agora.
14:48This is him.
14:50He had more pictures
14:52when he died.
14:58How do you imagine
15:00Marcelino?
15:02He was a generous kid.
15:04He gave a lot
15:05to his siblings.
15:12His parents
15:14were both imprisoned
15:16because of a drug case.
15:20But one thing
15:22is still haunting
15:24Grandma Feli's mind.
15:26Until now,
15:28they don't know
15:30who killed Marcelino
15:32and what's the reason
15:33behind it.
15:36What did the investigators say?
15:38What did they think?
15:40Why did Marcelino die?
15:42No one told me that.
15:45They don't understand us.
15:52She hopes that
15:54when Marcelino opens his grave,
15:56the light will shine
15:58about what really happened to him.
16:04Yes, stable.
16:29So I was given a copy
16:30of the death certificate
16:32and very little information.
16:36Like
16:38the cause of death,
16:40traumatic injury, head,
16:42multiple stab wounds,
16:44neck, trunk, extremities.
16:47And this is supposedly
16:49a case autopsied by PNP.
16:54Her investigation
16:56is about to begin.
17:01I still have a lot of questions
17:03about Marcelino's grave.
17:10Maybe someone can tell me
17:12about the two friends of Benatilio
17:14who were with him
17:16when he was collecting rice.
17:18Justin
17:20and JJ.
17:26I'm not sure
17:28if I can tell you
17:29what happened to them.
17:34After a few days of searching,
17:36we found Justin.
17:41Since then until now,
17:43he never stopped
17:45asking for food
17:47on the street.
17:49You don't know how to eat
17:51even if you're sick.
17:53You just discard it.
17:55How can you eat there?
17:57That's what I learned
17:59when I was a kid.
18:01If you don't have money,
18:03you don't have food.
18:05She will never forget
18:07the last time she saw Marcelino
18:09outside
18:11their favorite fast food restaurant.
18:17He asked me to watch him
18:20and he just bought it.
18:26When he went out,
18:28he gave me money.
18:34He told me to be careful.
18:36He told me to be careful too.
18:39Then he left.
18:41That was the last time I saw him.
18:45The next day,
18:47he died.
18:51The next day?
18:53Yes.
18:54It was just a day ago.
19:02It was painful
19:04because
19:06he was young.
19:08He should have died at the same time.
19:11But no,
19:13he died first.
19:16Why did he
19:18end up like that?
19:21Maybe,
19:22it was just his imagination.
19:25No one investigated
19:29because
19:31it was just difficult.
19:37I accompanied Justin
19:39to look for JJ,
19:41the youngest of the friends.
19:48After a few hours,
19:50we saw him at the fish port
19:52where he was fishing.
19:54Is this JJ?
19:55Yes.
19:58JJ thought
20:00that drugs
20:02had something to do with his friend's death.
20:04What did they talk about?
20:06Why did they kill him?
20:08They said it was acid.
20:11The police said it was acid?
20:13I found it in the market.
20:16What came to your mind?
20:18Weren't you afraid
20:19that something like that
20:21would happen to your friend
20:23if he was thrown overboard?
20:26I was traumatized
20:29because of what I did to my friend.
20:33Do you think he will be caught?
20:36No.
20:39No?
20:40He won't be caught.
20:45Marcelino's arrest was not new to the public.
20:49It is considered a cold case
20:52because the investigation did not proceed.
20:57But Dr. Fortun
20:59will try to find the answer
21:01using science.
21:08Doc, why is forensics important?
21:12Forensic science is after the truth.
21:15What really happened?
21:17That usually is the question.
21:19Most of the time,
21:21there is life and there is death.
21:23So you have the version of the living.
21:26What about the dead?
21:28And this is where science comes in.
21:34Dr. Fortun showed me
21:36other cases
21:38that she has been studying for weeks.
21:41I know when they cleaned this up,
21:43that's when they buried it.
21:45They identified these victims
21:46as the victims of the so-called
21:48extrajudicial killings or EJKs.
21:51These are the victims
21:53who died in the middle of questionable police operations
21:56or by the hands of the vigilantes.
21:59She hopes to learn more
22:01about their brutal killings.
22:05Whose remains are these?
22:08This is the picture
22:10that was taken
22:11where the mouth exploded.
22:13It came out of the X-ray.
22:14It looks like she was shot
22:16because her face was broken here.
22:20But the question is,
22:22why was the death certificate not mentioned?
22:25What does that mean?
22:27Is this an exit wound?
22:29According to Dr. Fortun,
22:31most of the time,
22:33I just don't have enough information
22:35and documents about the victims.
22:37So it's not clear
22:39what really happened to them.
22:40Okay, this is an autopsy cut.
22:42But this is a wrong cut
22:45because it's too small.
22:47Oh.
22:49The purpose of opening the head
22:51is to take the brain out.
22:53You cannot take the brain out in one piece
22:55if it's that small.
22:57The real pathologist's cut
22:59is like this.
23:01It's more spacious here.
23:03But if they can't get the brain this way,
23:06why make the cut anyway?
23:07Sometimes,
23:09they call it an autopsy lip.
23:11Just an example.
23:13What do you call an autopsy lip?
23:15It means that the investigation is not thorough.
23:19No, no.
23:21According to Dr. Fortun,
23:23in other cases of EJK,
23:25there was no autopsy done on Yumao.
23:28Under our law,
23:31the authorities are not obliged
23:33to perform an autopsy.
23:35That's what I want.
23:37Where is the autopsy report?
23:39Because that would help.
23:41I rarely have it.
23:43And if you do have it,
23:45it's not that informative
23:47because it's so short.
23:49It's just one page.
23:51There's no content.
23:53But even if it's just bones,
23:55she looks at them.
23:57There's a secret to these.
23:59Fresh is best.
24:01Okay? Unembound.
24:03Fresh.
24:05Even the clothing.
24:07But,
24:09in these cases,
24:11if it's just bones available for you,
24:14is it still useful?
24:16You still learn a lot about...
24:18Oh, definitely. Yes.
24:20Because if you were shot,
24:24it hit the bones.
24:26Then you're still going to see
24:28the damage.
24:30That's it. You work with what you've got.
24:32Make the best of it.
24:34Are there inconsistencies
24:36between the documentation?
24:38Especially in the EJK,
24:40are the remains inconsistent
24:42in the document?
24:44Definitely, a lot.
24:46Because I feel like
24:48the examination
24:50is not that meticulous.
24:59Dr. Fortun is only doing
25:01a voluntary examination
25:02of the remains of the EJK victims.
25:05He has examined
25:07more than 100 remains
25:09and remains of the EJK.
25:11The results of these
25:13will help the victims' relatives
25:16if they want to file a case.
25:19And now,
25:21three new individuals
25:23have arrived at his laboratory.
25:25One of them
25:27is Marcelino, the remains of a child.
25:30What will he discover?
25:39In the drug operations of the PNT,
25:42the usual justice
25:44is fought in the courts.
25:47But there is no evidence
25:49that there are innocent people
25:51who were just involved.
26:00On the morning of June 29, 2019,
26:03four people were killed
26:05in an anti-illegal drug operation
26:07in Rodriguez, Rizal.
26:10Mike Kaulpina,
26:12who was 3 years old,
26:14is considered to be the youngest
26:16victim of the war on drugs.
26:18He was killed in the middle
26:20of the Umanoy by-bus operation
26:22on June 29, 2019.
26:25Followed by the program
26:27Reporters Notebook,
26:29is the case of that time.
26:31The blood was still flowing
26:33in different parts of their house,
26:35from the first to the second floor,
26:38and even in their sleeping bed.
26:41The target of Mike Kaulpina's father's operation
26:43was Renato Olpina,
26:45alias Kato,
26:47and their houseboy, Enrique Kahilig.
26:50In our intelligence gathering,
26:53he was a member of the Raga Group,
26:55of the Ganpur Hire,
26:57and they were the ones
26:59who were pushing illegal drugs.
27:03According to the spot report of the incident,
27:05in the middle of the by-bus,
27:07the targets were heard,
27:09the police of their transaction.
27:15This is where the shooting happened.
27:20Kato, Kahilig,
27:22and a police officer were killed.
27:27But the shocking thing is,
27:29Mike Kaulpina was also killed
27:32by his father's human shield.
27:43Five years later,
27:45I talked to Mike Kaulpina's mother again.
27:49She still believes
27:51the stories of the police
27:53about what happened.
27:55First of all,
27:57their house was forced into their house
27:59even though the operatives
28:01did not show a warrant.
28:04What I read in the report,
28:06they said it was a by-bus operation.
28:08It was a by-bus.
28:10I said,
28:12if it was a real by-bus,
28:14if we really had drugs,
28:16if it was a by-bus,
28:18my partner was only wearing a boxer short.
28:20Do you have anything to do with
28:22wearing a boxer short?
28:25I don't have anything to do with it.
28:28But what she couldn't accept
28:30in the PNP report
28:32was the fact
28:34that her husband,
28:36Mike Kaulpina,
28:38did a human shield.
28:40I am the one who will prove
28:42that my son did not do a human shield.
28:44Who else can do that to their son?
28:46Do you think Mike Kaulpina
28:48did it on purpose?
28:50I can't say.
28:51I don't think
28:53they fulfilled their mission
28:55to my partner.
28:57It's up to them.
29:00The Commission on Human Rights,
29:02or CHR,
29:04conducted their own investigation
29:06of the crime scene.
29:08They included Dr. Fortune.
29:11There are some things
29:13that you can still see.
29:15For example,
29:17possible entry.
29:19If it was forced,
29:21the stories,
29:23the allegations.
29:26Dr. Fortune
29:28had the opportunity
29:30to perform an autopsy on Mike Kaulpina.
29:33Compared to the PNP report,
29:35Fortune's investigation
29:37was more detailed.
29:40Based on what she saw,
29:42there is a high possibility
29:44that the police were indiscriminately firing
29:46or just firing bullets
29:48while the victim was lying on the ground.
29:51That's why the child was hit.
29:53I saw him being hit
29:55in the leg.
29:57Left foot.
29:59That's unusual.
30:01How was he shot in the leg?
30:03The police said
30:05when they heard
30:07that he was limping on the ground,
30:09they shot him.
30:11Panic firing.
30:13The same way that they just fired
30:15wildly at the ceiling
30:17and the roof.
30:19Mike Kaulpina's mother filed
30:21a series of cases
30:23with the Ombudsman
30:25against more than 30 police officers.
30:27The PNP also filed
30:29a case of reckless imprudence
30:31resulting to homicide
30:33against the police who shot Mike Kaulpina.
30:35But,
30:37both cases were dismissed.
30:39According to the Ombudsman,
30:41the administrative complaint
30:43against the police officers
30:45was dismissed
30:46by the PNP.
30:48As for the dismissed case
30:50of obstruction of justice,
30:52the PNP and TILG
30:54should have filed a complaint
30:56and Mike Kaulpina's mother should have filed one.
30:59It's almost the same
31:01where the victim was shot.
31:03But if you look at
31:05the level of detail
31:07in a real autopsy report
31:09from Dr. Falcon.
31:12Attorney Maria Cristina Conti
31:14is one of the lawyers
31:16who helped Mike Kaulpina's family
31:18to file a case against the Ombudsman.
31:21She explained
31:23that the case was dismissed
31:25because it's hard for an officer
31:27who is in the police force
31:29to handle such cases.
31:31Out of the many cases,
31:33especially during the killings,
31:35this EJ case,
31:37what is the basis
31:39to know what really happened?
31:41Well, first of all,
31:43because there is a presumption
31:44of regularity of duty.
31:46What the police did
31:48is in accordance with the law.
31:50And the investigation
31:52that the Ombudsman did
31:54is proper and regular.
31:56What is the problem
31:58with such a setup?
32:00The police story is not true.
32:02And you will know that
32:04from what the neighbors say,
32:06from what is said in the house itself.
32:10In the cases where the police
32:11and other witnesses
32:13do not agree,
32:15a concrete investigation
32:17is needed to know
32:19what really happened.
32:21But it's not easy
32:23to get such evidence.
32:25Only the police
32:27can investigate.
32:29If it's not you,
32:31if it's not us,
32:33we are the first in the crime scene,
32:35which is almost never.
32:37If you don't have your own portrait
32:39of the crime scene,
32:41there is really no proof.
32:43But what if the ones
32:45who take the object evidence
32:47are the people who were accused?
32:49That's our biggest problem.
32:53For Dr. Fortun,
32:55cases like Maika's,
32:57the authorities are the ones
32:59who truly have a weakness
33:01in forensic investigation.
33:03Definitely not up to standards.
33:06That's the problem.
33:08And I am very objective
33:09about what I find.
33:11I just report what I see
33:13and I fully document.
33:15That's what they lack.
33:17They don't document.
33:19Their report is very narrow.
33:21There's no content.
33:23So I end up with my findings,
33:25criticizing them,
33:27and they don't like that.
33:29But for the PNP,
33:31the country is not caught
33:33when it comes to forensic investigation.
33:36Do you think
33:37our neighbors are at our level?
33:40I should say so.
33:42Welcome to our
33:44Forensic
33:46Firearms
33:48Identification Division.
33:51To see the state of
33:53the country's forensics,
33:56the PNP Forensic Group
33:58assigned us to look
34:00at their facility.
34:02Most of the evidence
34:04collected here
34:05is related
34:07to PNP cases.
34:10I was accompanied by
34:12Police Colonel Francisco Supe,
34:14their Deputy Director
34:16for Administration.
34:18We first visited
34:20the DNA Analysis Division
34:22where any biological evidence
34:24collected in a crime scene
34:26is examined.
34:28This is a powerful method
34:30to determine
34:32a person's identity.
34:33The DNA evidence
34:35is our special
34:37unique code
34:39inside our cells.
34:41For example,
34:43if you are the suspect
34:45and during the time of the crime
34:47blood splattered on your body,
34:49or even if you don't know
34:51that blood splattered,
34:53we have a special device
34:55to check if there is blood
34:57on your clothing.
34:59Then we know you were there
35:01in the crime scene.
35:03The DNA examination
35:05looks closely at the vessels
35:07and the tip of the bullet.
35:09Like fingerprints,
35:11each bullet and bullet
35:13has its own characteristics
35:15that can be used
35:17in an investigation.
35:19Our firearms examiner
35:21will now analyze the bullet
35:23until he can identify
35:25the most probable hit.
35:27The scanning is very detailed.
35:29Yes, sir.
35:31Are there any cases
35:33where there was a cold case
35:35and when you saw that
35:37the firearm matched,
35:39did you immediately
35:41look for the perpetrator?
35:43There are many, sir.
35:45PNP advocates
35:47for the safety of their people
35:49when it comes to forensic investigation.
35:51I think we have
35:53the appropriate people,
35:55qualified people.
35:57They have the appropriate training.
35:59We have equipment
36:01that is credible enough
36:03for scientific evidence
36:05that we can use
36:07in court
36:09to identify
36:11possible victims,
36:13suspects,
36:15and then truth and veracity
36:17to whatever the parties
36:19would claim.
36:21But can PNP investigators
36:23investigate their comrades
36:25who were accused
36:27of abusing?
36:29Shouldn't that be assigned
36:31to another independent group
36:33for investigation?
36:35In fact, that is our setup
36:37in the Philippines.
36:39Like, if you do not trust
36:41for some reason,
36:43because you mention
36:45the police and the suspect,
36:47the NBI is always available.
36:49But one thing
36:51that we can assure you
36:53here in the Forensic Group,
36:55we are professionals.
36:57Not all cases of violence
36:59have a resolution,
37:01like what happened
37:03to Marcelino.
37:05To get more details
37:07about the crime,
37:09I went to the precinct
37:11to investigate his case.
37:17Unfortunately,
37:19I only received a spot report
37:21from the police,
37:23because their comrades
37:25were reassigned
37:27to investigate the crime.
37:28If this is the case,
37:30does that mean
37:32he is still unsolved?
37:34He is still unsolved.
37:36The victim is unidentified.
37:39I cannot accept
37:41that this is the end
37:43of Marcelino's story.
37:45We continued
37:47to gather information
37:49and we discovered
37:51an unseen police report.
37:53While we were working
37:55on this documentary,
37:56the House of Representatives
37:58started the investigation
38:00of the Madagong Guerra Contradroga
38:02of the previous administration.
38:04It was not done properly
38:06by the investigators
38:08in their investigation
38:10of the war on drugs victims.
38:12When it was given the opportunity
38:14to speak,
38:16some of the victims' relatives
38:18were deeply hurt
38:20for a long time.
38:22He was killed.
38:23I don't know what happened to him.
38:25He was the one who was hurt.
38:27He was the one who had drugs
38:29and fought.
38:31It was like justice
38:33for the rich,
38:35but for the poor,
38:37we were ignored.
38:39The investigation of the Congress
38:41was gradually expanding.
38:44The representatives
38:46of the families
38:48of the victims
38:50of extrajudicial killings
38:52were soon
38:54revealed
38:56to the public.
38:58The police know,
39:00Your Honor,
39:02that there is a reward
39:04for killing.
39:06Just like the confession
39:08of the former police colonel
39:10Roina Garma,
39:12who was instructed
39:14by former President
39:16Rodrigo Duterte
39:18to carry out
39:19an investigation.
39:21I will locate a PNP
39:23officer or operative
39:25who is a member
39:27of the Iglesia Ni Cristo
39:29indicating that
39:31he needed someone
39:33capable of implementing
39:35the war on drugs
39:37on a national level.
39:39In the interest of fairness,
39:41may I move
39:43to invite the former president
39:45to hear his side
39:47on this matter.
39:49The investigation
39:51of several cases
39:53including
39:55the unsolved killings
39:58was resumed.
40:00But some critics
40:02of the war on drugs
40:04do not believe this.
40:06In your opinion,
40:08is this a skill issue
40:10or an integrity issue?
40:12More of an integrity issue.
40:14This is about practice.
40:16The police say
40:17during the investigation,
40:19they say,
40:21even if we know,
40:23even if we were trained,
40:25if that is what you are doing
40:27in the precinct,
40:29that is what you are ordered
40:31to do,
40:33you just need to comply.
40:35The PNP assured
40:37that their investigation
40:39will be fair and just.
40:41Why do we need to reopen
40:43the cold cases?
40:45Is this a
40:47de facto admission
40:49that the investigation
40:51was not fair?
40:53This is included
40:55in our investigation.
40:57We will look at
40:59the liability of the police
41:01who handled this case.
41:03If there was negligence,
41:05why this case was not solved
41:07or worse,
41:09there was a cover-up.
41:11Others believe
41:13that the leadership
41:15of the PNP is to blame.
41:17Is this the answer
41:19of the current
41:21and former leaders
41:23of the PNP?
41:25Our investigation
41:27will not only be limited
41:29to the actual participation
41:31in the questionable
41:33police operations.
41:35The principle
41:37of common responsibility
41:39will definitely be reviewed.
41:41We owe fidelity
41:43to the people
41:45to be impartial
41:47with the case of Marcelino.
41:49We discovered
41:51that a medical legal officer
41:53performed an autopsy on him,
41:55Police Lt. Col.
41:57Çarel Escarro.
41:59He was grabbed here
42:01at his neck
42:03and his extremities.
42:06His arms.
42:09In the police report,
42:11collected evidence
42:12from the crime scene
42:14is listed,
42:15in Marcelino's wallet, and it is said to have this content.
42:19This is evidence collected, right?
42:25He has a wallet with 5 pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets
42:32containing white crystalline substance, believed to be Shabu.
42:37Has this been tested?
42:39Yes, definitely it has been tested, but I don't have the copy of the report.
42:44There are some people who say that the investigation is not thorough.
42:50What can you say about that?
42:52We understand that, sir.
42:54That is their opinion, sir.
42:56But we are doing our job.
42:58We examine thoroughly the body
43:01because our licenses here as doctors are also on the record.
43:09According to Attorney Conti,
43:10even though Marcelino passed away 5 years ago,
43:15this information is still important
43:17because there are victims of drug war who are still unknown to this day.
43:23That is the question now.
43:25Who do you count as a victim of drug war?
43:27To be honest, when you say war on drugs,
43:31it is the death that you can relate to the culture of killings.
43:38Because the circumstances were conducive to killings,
43:43it can be included in the context of crimes against humanity.
43:49At the request of Lola Feli to have answers on the death of her grandson,
44:00we accompanied her to Navotas Police Station
44:03and Northern Police District Crime Lab
44:05in the hope of obtaining documents.
44:10At the first opportunity,
44:12Lola Feli was given a copy of Marcelino's autopsy report.
44:20It was found here that he had 22 stab wounds on his body,
44:25the most on his head and neck.
44:29The child's hand was very sharp.
44:36Fortun's investigation of Adrian, Darwin, and Marcelino's graves is not yet complete.
44:43This process is said to be lengthy.
44:48But he saw a bullet jacket that was attached to Adrian's butt with a bullet hole.
44:55This is something that should have been obtained and investigated by investigators.
45:01In the initial investigation of Marcelino's graves,
45:05there is no doubt that he was forced to commit suicide.
45:11But Fortun said that the autopsy report was not detailed enough.
45:16She also has questions about the investigation of the case.
45:21He was killed on September 27.
45:24It is said that the autopsy was done at 6 p.m. of September 28.
45:27And he described that he was already embalmed.
45:30You know, again, that's wrong in the Philippines.
45:33Homicide too.
45:35It should have been done in the scene.
45:37There should have been a homicide investigation.
45:39We've lost a lot of information.
45:41Did the investigation take place?
45:44Did they get the weapon?
45:46Was there even an effort to do that?
45:49Dr. Fortun continues to study Marcelino's graves and other EJK victims.
45:55Even if it's not easy.
45:58Well, right now, I'm talking to them.
46:02I'm telling them, you're trying to help them.
46:06Okay? And you apologize that this is all I can do.
46:11Okay?
46:13And it would be nice if you ask them what happened to you and they will answer you.
46:17My message to them is that there are positive developments.
46:22For the first time in Congress, they are already talking about murder.
46:28This is a first.
46:40On October 28, the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee made a statement about the War on Drugs.
46:46Former President Rodrigo Duterte, who was not yet attending the hearings of the House of Representatives,
46:53was present in the Senate.
47:01The former president,
47:03there is no doubt that he admitted the passage of the so-called Davao Death Squad
47:09during his time as mayor.
47:17They are the gangsters.
47:22I ordered one of the gangsters,
47:25kill him because if you don't kill him, I will kill you now.
47:30Duterte said that he promised all legal responsibilities in the implementation of the War on Drugs.
47:38What I said is this,
47:41we are a gang,
47:43encourage the criminals to fight.
47:48If they fight, kill them so that my problem in my city can be solved.
48:00Will the so-called words of the former president
48:03affect the investigations in the War on Drugs?
48:11Until now, it is still not known who killed Marcelino.
48:18But in any case,
48:21Lola Feli has a connection to other criminals in the War on Drugs.
48:29They will fight together for justice.
48:35They will fight for their rights.
48:37And the voices from the streets will continue to listen.
48:45I am Ato Maraulio.
48:47Good afternoon.
49:07Good afternoon.