Enrique Ancheta, of the Philippine National Police Crime Laboratory in Camp Crame, faced charges of grave coercion for allegedly threatening Joana Carlos. ‘Gross negligence’Obong said Ancheta allegedly threatened to also implicate Carlos in the theft if she would not sign. In an interview, Ancheta said he just wanted to help the Korean so he arrested Carlos’ friends on April 9 and turned them over to the Malate station. Ancheta also maintained that he only wanted Carlos to state that it was she who introduced the two theft suspects to the Korean. “He’s a ranking official, he should know our procedures … it’s not right to just arrest suspects without solid evidence,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 12, 2018 20:15 UTC