ADVERTISEMENTHe said the DOJ would transmit the list to the Department of the Interior and Local Government on Monday. The DOJ on Saturday said the BuCor had begun releasing over the weekend 52 former prisoners surrendered to authorities by mistake after being included in the list convicts freed under the controversial GCTA. 1,914 heinous crime convictsADVERTISEMENTThe government earlier sought the surrender of 1,914 heinous crime convicts freed under the GCTA law. The task force was set to craft new guidelines for the implementation of the new GCTA law, which the DOJ said should not benefit heinous crime convicts. Previous BuCor administrations, however, were found to have applied GCTA to such convicts, triggering a public uproar and several congressional investigations.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 29, 2019 20:37 UTC