PNP chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde, who was the director of the Pampanga Police Provincial Office when the operation took place, announced this on Tuesday during a Senate hearing on the so-called ninja cops — officers who recycle illegal drugs seized during police operations. According to Albayalde, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is still undergoing a review of the dismissal of the grave misconduct case against the officers. “I really suggest that we have to wait for the review of the DOJ,” Albayalde said at the Senate hearing. “If the DOJ will tell us to dismiss all these people, we will dismiss all these people. At the same hearing, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra: “I have instructed the state prosecutors concerned to expedite the resolution of the automatic review.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 01, 2019 10:07 UTC