DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 18, 2008) – Philippine prosecutors filed charges against two air force servicemen accused of torturing a boy in Davao City.
The two soldiers - Sgt. Manuel Doria and A2C Rex Dimaculangan - were charged with slight physical injuries at a local court house.
The two soldiers - Sgt. Manuel Doria and A2C Rex Dimaculangan - were charged with slight physical injuries at a local court house.
Police said the victim’s family accused the servicemen of torturing the six-year old boy on July 14 while playing near the air force base. It said the soldiers, who were both drank, burned the boy with cigarettes.
The soldiers, police said, even shaped a cross on the boy’s stomach with their cigarettes.The boy’s family earlier appealed to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to help them get justice and for the military to file charges against the erring servicemen. The mayor is known to punish abusive soldiers and policemen. (Romy Bwaga)
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