SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The police chief of Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte and three of his colleagues were relieved from their posts after a video of a lawman hurting a complainant at the police station over the weekend went viral online.
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Ilocos Norte police chief Police Col. Frederick Obar ordered the relief of the four lawmen in a press conference on Tuesday.
Obar said they are now at the provincial police headquarters for further investigation.
He said they face administrative and criminal cases if found guilty during investigation.
Two individuals proceeded to the police station to report that they were assaulted in a wake on Sunday.
One of the police officers who had just arrived from conducting a checkpoint allegedly raised his voice at one of the complainants, triggering a commotion where the complainant was reportedly injured.
A video of the incident went viral after it was posted online.