Palparan transferred from military custody to New Bilibid Prison

October 3, 2018

Retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan Jr. was transferred from custody of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City Wednesday night.

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Palparan arrived at the national penitentiary around 7:45 pm after Malolos, Bulacan Regional Trial Court, Branch 15, ordered his immediate commitment.

The Bulacan court denied Palparan’s motion to defer his transfer pending resolution of his motion for reconsideration on his conviction in the abduction of two University of Philippines Los Baños students. The two students have remained missing for 12 years.

Palparan and his two co-accused Lt. Col. Felipe Anotado and  Staff Sgt. Edgardo Osorio were found guilty for kidnapping and serious illegal detention of  Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño, who were snatched in Barangay San Miguel, Hagonoy, Bulacan in June 2006.

The lower court also ordered Palparan and the two convicts to pay the family of the missing with P100,000 in civil damages and P200,000 as moral damages. DMS