Guilty verdict on 3 policemen for killing Kian de los Santos a ‘light in darkness’ — Hontiveroshome/News/Latest Stories/Today's Breaking News/Guilty verdict on 3 policemen for killing Kian de los Santos a ‘light in darkness’ — HontiverosSEN. Risa Hontiveros on Thursday described the guilty verdict given to the police officers who killed Kian Loyd de los Santos as “a light in the darkness.”The senator said the decision of the Caloocan Regional Trial Court was an “important victory for justice and to all of those seeking an end to the culture of violence in the country.”Caloocan RTC Branch 125 Judge Rodolfo Azucena Jr. found PO3 Arnel Oares, PO1 Jeremias Pereda, and PO1 Jerwin Cruz guilty of killing de los Santos, 17, on August 2017 during an anti-drug war operation. “Despite the gruesome climate of killing and impunity in the country, this verdict sends the message that there is hope and justice,” Hontiveros said. “And we will fight for more light and truth until the darkenss cannot overcome them,” the opposition senator said. Hontiveros said that “through his words and endless provocation, President Duterte set into motion the killing of thousands.”“Lastly, I call on the honest men and women of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to help us stop the climate of killing in the country,” she said. “Let Kian be the last name we will see in the list of EJKs under the Duterte administration,” Hontiveros added.

Source: Manila Times November 29, 2018 02:37 UTC