KIDAPAWAN CITY – The police chief of Kidapawan City was sacked Thursday barely a week after the deadly dispersal of protesting farmers in North Cotabato province.
Senior Superintendent Alexander Tagum was removed from his post while defending his role during a senate hearing in Davao City on the bloody dispersal that killed 3 people and injured dozens more in Kidapawan last week.
The senate hearing was headed by Aquilino Pimentel and Alan Cayetano.
Policemen also searched a church compound where farmers fled to escape the brutal operation where at least 80 protesters – demanding rice subsidy from the government – have been arrested and detained.
The order to sack Tagum came from Philippine National Police Director General Ricardo Marquez. He also ordered an investigation into the violent dispersal that also injured several policemen who were hit with rocks thrown by protesters.
He said Tagum was replaced by Senior Superintendent Jose Briones. (Mindanao Examiner)
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