PAGADIAN CITY – Two policemen were arrested after allegedly detaining and raping a teenage student and forcing her to use illegal drugs in the southern Philippines, police said Friday.
Police said the two cops PO1 Bideri Gani and PO1 Jul Kaiser Hayudini – both natives of Sulu province and living in Zamboanga City – are detailed in separate stations in Zamboanga Sibugay province.
They were accused of repeatedly raping their 18-year old victim for three days inside a boarding house in Ipil town until the young woman managed to escape on September 10 and reported her harrowing ordeal to the local police force.
The duo reportedly befriended the victim – introduced to them by another student Momar Furuc – who was also arrested by the police for allegedly pimping the woman.
The victim said the house owner helped her escaped and she immediately reported this to the police. The two cops were arrested after local policemen, accompanied by local government officials, swooped down the boarding house and caught up with the suspects.
Police also recovered drug paraphernalia inside the room where the victim was detained by the two cops, who are facing charges of rape and serious illegal detention, and probably additional charges if they are proven to have used illegal drugs. They are currently being detained at the municipal police jail.
The Philippine National Police has been trying to cleanse its ranks of rogue cops after at least a dozen policemen, including several officers, were recently implicated in a highway robbery and kidnapping of two Filipinos along Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue in Mandaluyong City, and a Chinese national in Bulacan province. (Mindanao Examiner)
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