Mercy Castro, one of the 43 community health workers who testified against the law enforcers, said that they would “not be tied down” by the Sandiganbayan decision until justice was served for her fellow health workers. “We only wanted to offer health services to communities that were not being reached by the government. Castro was one of the eight complainants who filed a case against their alleged abductors for violating Republic Act No. He asserted that since the health workers were arrested on Feb. 6, 2010 — a Saturday — they were held incommunicado and were only given access to their family and lawyers five days after their arrest. “It was clear that the case was dismissed with findings that are not applicable to the factual settings of the case,” said Cortez.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 20, 2019 21:22 UTC