Three days after a combat-trained police force was put in charge of New Bilibid Prison (NBP), reports of maltreatment have reached the Catholic priest who ministers to the inmates. He said a SAF officer allegedly punched a prisoner in the stomach for not wearing the orange NBP uniform. ADVERTISEMENT“These are just things that have been shared with me; I did not see these incidents for myself, so I still have to verify if they are true,” Olaguer said in an interview on Saturday. Roberto Olaguer, the NBP chaplain, said many inmates had complained that their new guards from the Special Action Force (SAF) were using violence to enforce prison rules. Benjamin Lusa, the head of the SAF battalion assigned to NBP, denied the allegations against his men.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 23, 2016 16:41 UTC