ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 23, 2012) – Police is searching for a restaurant owner who allegedly tortured a boy who is accused of stealing his television set in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, reports said Tuesday.
It said the boy was caught by the restaurateur’s workers and handed over to him where they interrogated the minor into admitting his crime. They also took turns in beating up the boy and burned him with cigarettes and inserted a piece of metal into his anus.
One of the workers, who took pity at the boy, secretly phoned his family to call the police and rescue the victim.
Police arrested all those who took part in torture, except for the restaurant owner who managed to escape. (Mindanao Examiner)
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