25 heinous crimes cons freed due to GCTA turned over to BuCor —PNP

The Philippine National Police has turned over to the Bureau of Corrections 25 of the 119 convicts of heinous crimes who surrendered to the PNP after they were released on the application of their good conduct time allowances.

More than 1,900 such convicts had been given 15 days by President Rodrigo Duterte to give themselves up for a review of their GCTA credits amid serious allegations of corruption at the Bureau of Corrections.

"Twenty-five, excluding 'yun ng mga dumiretso na sa BuCor. 'Yun ay wala sa tala natin," PNP spokesman Brigadier General Bernard Banac said at a press briefing. 

Banac said there had been no confirmed report that a the convicts had gone abroad. However, he said it was possible that some of them already left the country.

"Sa ngayon wala pa namang confirmation kung merong nakalabas ng bansa. Patuloy pa rin natin inaantabayanan ang magiging pahayag ng BI (Bureau of Immigration)," Banac said.

The PNP spokesman urged those freed convicts of heinous crimes to surrender now and no longer wait for the 15 days, which was given by President Rodrigo Duterte for them to surrender, to lapse.

"Huwag po tayong tumulad sa mga naglalast minute na doon na lamang
tayo magpapakita sa pinakahuling araw at dadagsain tayo kung sakali man ng mga hinihintay na mga convicts. So mas maaga po mas mabuti para
masamahan na namin kayo sa BuCor," Banac said.

Duterte has rdered the released prisoners to surrender and register themselves with BuCor in 15 days, otherwise, they would be treated as "fugitives from justice."

According to the BuCor, at least 22,049 prisoners were released from 2014 to 2019 through the controversial good conduct time allowance.

Of that number, a total of 1,914 had been convicted of heinous crimes such as murder and rape. —NB, GMA News