The Manila Times
MANILA, Philippines —The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday expressed support for the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group’s (CIDG) bust on an alleged online cockfighting (e-sabong) operation at the Coliseo de Manila in Tondo last March amid allegations of anomalies. “This is a legal operation and abides by the proper processes,” PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño said in Filipino in a briefing with reporters in Camp Crame. “If there are any misgivings about the said operation, the Philippine National Police is ready to accept all complaints, and we will answer them at the proper forum,” he added. On March 24, The CIDG conducted an entrapment operation against an alleged e-sabong operation, resulting in the arrest of 28 supposed operators along with 136 bettors. Coliseo de Manila lawyer Carl Jon Mucho filed an administrative complaint before the National Police Commission (Napolcom) against CIDG National Capital Region chief Col. John Guiagui and nine other police officers two weeks ago. The complaint urges Napolcom to hold the cops involved accountable after P40,000 in cash and 22 gamefowl allegedly went missing after the operation. Mucho showed a video showing a supposed CIDG operative taking cash during the entrapment operation. “This was not the operative taking money but taking evidence. His ticket shows that he had entered the e-sabong operation. This was what we call the bet ticket that he recovered since he was an operative,” Tuaño explained in Filipino. “When he got the bet ticket, he gave a signal to his colleagues that the act had been consummated. This is what we call the prearranged signal to start their operation,” he added
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