Military welcomes filing of administrative charges by PNP on cops involved in Jolo shooting

September 7, 2020

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) welcome the filing of administrative charges by the Philippine National Police (PNP) against  policemen involved in the killing of four Army intelligence officers in Sulu last June.

"The Armed Forces of the Philippines takes due notice and appreciates the filing of administrative charges by the PNP against 12 of its erring personnel for their respective acts or omission in the shooting incident that claimed the lives of four AFP intelligence personnel—two of them officers," said Major General Edgard Arevalo, AFP spokesman,  on Monday.

"We are one with the families of our slain soldiers in their pursuit for the filing criminal cases against the members of Jolo police," he added.

Arevalo assures that the "AFP will not stop until justice is served with dispatch for the victims of that unfortunate incident."

"Justice should neither be delayed nor denied to our soldiers who were killed while in the actual performance of  their solemn duty to protect our people and secure our country from terrorists," he said. Robina Asido/DMS