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CHR to probe ‘inhumane’ treatment of Jason Ivler


The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will look into the alleged inhumane treatment murder suspect Jason Ivler experienced in the hands of government agents. “Our NCR [National Capital Region] office will investigate alleged human rights violation against Jason Ivler. The focus will be on the issue of proper handling or treatment of an arrested suspect," CHR chair Leila de Lima said Thursday in a text message to GMANews.TV. A memorandum has already been issued to the CHR-NCR office directing them to start the investigation, De Lima said. Ivler’s mother, Marlene Aguilar, claimed her son was “treated like a pig" by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) who arrested him in the basement of her Quezon City house Monday morning. In a television interview last Wednesday, Aguilar said her friend, Becka Padilla, saw a video footage of the alleged harassment of Ivler on video-sharing site YouTube. Marlene said she had not seen the video yet.


“Tinutukan ng baril sa mukha, sinipa sa tiyan, tapos itinapon sa sasakyan na parang baboy (They pointed a gun on his face, kicked his abdomen, and threw him into the vehicle like a pig)," Aguilar quoted Padilla as saying. GMANews.TV tried to search the said video, but the videos posted related to Ivler were television reports on the suspect’s arrest. The 28-year-old Ivler, suspect in the killing of Renato Ebarle Jr. last November, sustained gunshot wounds when he engaged the arresting officers in a shootout before his arrest. Two other NBI agents were hurt in the skirmish. De Lima said the CHR could initiate its own probe even if Mrs. Pollard has not filed a complaint against the NBI. The NBI denied Aguilar’s accusation. “Ang hindi makatarungan ay iyong pagpatay kay Ebarle Jr. at tsaka iyong pag-spray ng M-16 rifle (What is unjust is the murder of Ebarle Jr. and his spraying of bullets with his M-16 rifle)," said Roland Argabioso, field operations chief of the NBI, in an interview on GMA’s Unang Hirit earlier in the day. - KBK, GMANews.TV
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