THE Philippine National Police (PNP) said two policemen were relieved from their posts over their alleged involvement in the leak of the video showing the bloodied body of actor Ronaldo Valdez, who died over the weekend.
PNP spokesperson Colones Jean Fajardo said the relieved cops were the first responder and the responder’s station commander.
“Kausap ko kanina si district director at ni-relieve nap o niya yung first responder at kanyang station commander para tignan ang liability,” said Fajardo at sa press briefing in Camp Crame.
Fajardo said the two, who are now being held at the QCPD holding unit pending investigation, could face administrative and criminal complaint.
“This is a regrettable incident na hindi dapat kumalat sa (that shouldn’t have gone viral on) social media,” Fajardo said, adding such video should only be strictly used for “documentation purposes.”
“Kung ito ay kuha ng ating first police responders for documentation purposes, wala po sanang naging problema (if the video was shot by our first responders for documentation purposes, we will not have a problem),” she said.
