ADVERTISEMENTThough Interior Secretary Eduardo Año downplayed the order as mere exaggeration, it recalled Espenido’s bloody record as a police chief. In 2016, Albuera, Leyte, Mayor Rolando Espinosa was killed in his cell by police operatives under Espenido’s watch. As if to preempt speculations on similar killings, Año said police operations should observe the rule of law. Sinas introduced an all-female police station in Siquijor and had at least seven women commanders of police offices during his term. “I know how it was to live in a makeshift house exposed to the elements before I became a national boxer,” she said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 19, 2019 21:00 UTC