SEN. Juan Miguel Zubiri on Saturday said the family of UST law freshman Horacio Tomas “Atio” Castillo 3rd, who died following fraternity hazing rites last week, were fearful for their safety and needed police protection. Castillo, a first-year law student of the University of Santo Tomas (UST), died as a result of heart failure because of severe trauma that investigators attributed to hazing rites. Solano insisted he was not present during the Aegis Juris Fraternity initiation rites. This person allegedly “backed out” of the scheduled fraternity initiation rites on Saturday, September 16. “Two recruits were supposed to undergo initiation rites that night.

Source: Manila Times September 23, 2017 16:16 UTC