NBI urged to look into tombs of infants in Sitio Kapihan

THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) urged to look into the tombs of infants in Sitio Kapihan, the community in Socorro, Surigao del Sur of members of the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc.

Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa in a press conference Monday, said the cemetery appeared to have been “haphazardly prepared.”

“Titingnan din natin yung mga posibleng circumstances behind the deaths of these children. I have given advice to NBI na imbestigahan nila ito kung ano ang nangyari. Bakit puro bata nandun sa libingan?” Dela Rosa said.

“Nakita ko kasi parang haphazardly pineprare ‘yung sementeryo na ‘yon dahil nga parating ang inspection. Nilagyan lang ng kahoy na nilagyan ng pangalan, uniform ang pagkagawa. Parang nagmamadali sila sa paghanda for the inspection,” he said.

Upon the request of a father, who said his child was buried in the area Dela Rosa inspected, the NBI exhumed the remains for investigation.

Dela Rosa said he saw no evidence indicating SBSI’s involvement in an alleged private armed group. Neither did he see proof of a shabu laboratory in Sitio Kapihan.

“So far, wala, wala tayong nakita about private army. Kung meron man, sigurado ako alam na nila ‘yung arrival natin. Kung meron man, nilinis na nila yon. Noon pa nu’ng mag-start ang ating Senate hearing,” Dela Rosa said in a virtual interview with Senate reporters.

 “It turned out to be negative ‘yung allegation about the shabu laboratory… Hindi ko rin masabi kung naitago nila [ang ebidensya] at di ko rin masabi, categorically, na talagang wala as in zero,” Dela Rosa said.

 “Dahil nga pagdating ko doon nakita ko wala talaga at prior to my arrival, nauna na don ang PNP, nag-conduct na rin sila ng sariling investigation at wala rin silang nakitang indicator na may shabu laboratory,” he added.

Dela Rosa said he is convinced that SBSI was a cult.