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MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9,201.9 i

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yl elugP Hta Among those who surrendered' I 'oWe cannot jubt rearrest these peo- I

Perete ,iid, *.re 28 "former inniates i

ple. They are not escapists. Th:y went
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HE Justice and the Interior and
+i"""r from Region II. ihrough the fron! doqt. Tley brought
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From AI
ff l,ocal Government departments gave
;,"1*, conflicting statements Sunday on
"[A] preliminary report from the BI
indicates none of the persons deprived
whether some of the heinous crime convicts
released on good conduct ha$b fled the
of tiberty prematurely released on ac-
coudt of the good conduct time allow=
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lrn. i6 ur" the ones alreadY with theii things, they have rplease paPers
the BuCor. I am not sure if the figure so rthcJ ,*ent, ot4ferrqngous eitllerr
'thioufh- coiruption or negligence of
from the PNP represents surrenders
atready transferred to BuCor, or still the"Bireau of Corrections,'o he said'
with various PNP offices," he said' He said the court which convicted
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Perete said the DOJ interim over- the prisoner of a heinous crime has
country. ance and included in the list submitted
sight committee headed by Undert:t-
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the jurisdiction to order the rearrest

by the Bureau of Corrections has left will tt'to{31
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of the freed convicts based on their'

the country," Perete gaid in a text mes-
rrl*y Deo Marco meet I

Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete, who said a total of with BuCor officials headed bY OIC GCTA. With Rio N. Aiaja' Ronald
76 released heinous crime convicts have already surrendered sage to reporters. to discuss co- O. Reyes, PNA
M.iuitt Ramon Buenafe
to authorities and are now in the custody of the Bureau of Perete' said the DOJ chief has in-
mechanisms and conduct
structed the BI to closely guard all
Corrections, said none of the inmates released have gone
abroad. ports and airports that may be used by
"iJittiite
-littt
inspections. $+{moutlr Neul,Y'
Interior Secretary Eduardo Afio, however, said he has re- oversight committee is tasked
the inmates to leave the country.
ceived a report that some of the convicts freed under the good to watch over the BuCor until a new
President Duterte earlief'brdered
conduct time allowance (GCTA) have already flown out of director general is aPPointed'
l,gl4 inmates convicted' qf 'heinous . Also on SundaY, QagaYan de Oro
the country, prompting the Philippine National Police to co- crimes who were erroneously released
ordinate with the International Criminal Police Orgapization Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said the 1'914
under the GCTA lpw to turn them-
(Interpol). convicts cannot simply be rearrested'
selves in 15 days and register them-
"Interpol gave apositive response. They said they will help saying this calls for a court order'
selves before the BuCor or else they
us in whatever way they canl'Afio said even as he admitted un interview with Dobol B sa
in
would be considered fugitives from
that the Duterte administration's hands are tied if the fugi- News TV, Rodriguez said the righti
law.
tives flee to a country with which the Philippines has no ex- procedure must be followed in their
tradition treaty. The GCTA controversy ledthe Pres-
rearrest.
Perete said he based his pronouncement on the report re- ident to sack BuCor Director General
ceived by the Department of Justice from the Bureau of Im-
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Nicanbr Faeldon last week.

rnigration, whichhas been directed by Justice Secretary Me- Duterte issued the order amid alle- I

nardo Guevarra to be on full alert to thwart possible subject gations of corruption and other-anom-l
inmates from leaving the country. Nert page alies over the issuance of GCTA. I