Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, chief of the PNP, said they were looking into the possibility that Magsayo was hazed to death. The PNP chief had visited Magsayo’s wake and spoke to his mother who said her son had always dreamed of becoming a police officer. The PNP chief pointed out that Maingat is in the custody of the Silang town police and would be charged with violating the antihazing law. Fortun also urged the National Bureau of Investigation and the National Police Commission to probe the death of Magsayo last week. He cited the death of PNPA cadet John Desiderio in 2019, for which four PNPA cadets were charged with violating the antihazing law.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 27, 2021 20:48 UTC