Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Friday found wanting the criminal charges filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) against 10 members of the Aegis Juris fraternity over the fatal hazing of University of Santo Tomas (UST) law freshman Horacio “Atio” Castillo III. Lacson said the DOJ panel might have overlooked or disregarded the cover-up angle, committed by other fraternity members excluded from the indictment, based on the evidence presented during the Senate inquiry into Castillo’s hazing death. During the Senate hearing in October last year, police investigators said certain fraternity members had attempted to cover up Castillo’s hazing death as shown in threaded conversations on Facebook following the law student’s death. Joel Napoleon, Manila police director, had identified UST graduate and Aegis Juris member Marvi Abo as the one who initiated the Facebook exchange. The charges against 10 other members, including UST Faculty of Civil Law Dean Nilo Divina, were dismissed for insufficiency of evidence.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 09, 2018 22:52 UTC