THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will continue its investigation of the Davao Death Squad (DDS) following the claim of former police officer Arthur Lascañas that members of the group executed hundreds of suspected criminals. He added that the testimonies of Lascañas and Edgar Matobato are “sufficient basis” to continue the commission’s investigation. In 2015, CHR Chairman Chito Gascon had declared that the commission will continue its probe on the DDS to “ultimately hold to account all perpetrators.”The CHR will take as evidence the human bones gathered from the Laud quarry in Davao in 2009, when thecommission first conducted its investigation. Several witnesses had said that the quarry was one of the “dumping grounds” of the DDS victims. In 2014, the Supreme Court upheld the legality of the questioned warrant and also paved the presentation of human bones recovered from the quarry.

Source: Manila Times March 20, 2017 16:30 UTC