The trouble began when members of the "Bahala Na" gang, detained at the Quezon City jail, brought a gang member who had suffered a seizure to the jail's clinic, Felicen said. In their rush, they overturned a pail of water on to the sleeping members of a rival gang who awakened in anger, thinking they were being provoked. The prisoner who suffered a seizure also died in the clinic, Felicen said, adding that the incident is being investigated. Quezon City jail received international attention last year after AFP photographs showed massive overcrowding made worse by President Rodrigo Duterte's draconian anti-drug campaign. The pictures showed detainees jammed in like sardines, taking turns sleeping on a staircase and an open-air basketball court.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 04, 2017 08:37 UTC