Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 7) — A police official from Norzagaray, Bulacan was arrested after authorities discovered an inmate was working as his “personal driver,” the Philippine National Police said Saturday.
The PNP Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group said they caught town deputy chief Captain Wilfredo Dizon Jr. inside his vehicle with the male detainee, Friday afternoon.
“We’re conducting an accounting of prisoners in the said police station in coordination with the Bulacan police headquarters. Again, this is a grave offense which will not be tolerated by the PNP leadership,” said Colonel Ronald Lee, director of the new integrity enforcement group, in a statement.
Lee said he will recommend grave misconduct charges against Dizon. Dizon will also face raps for bribery, graft and corruption, and violation of Article 156 of the Revised Penal Code, the statement said. Those who shall remove a person from jail or help in an escape by means of violence, intimidation, bribery or other means shall face imprisonment of up to six months, it added.
This comes a day after the group also caught Argao, Cebu police chief Major Idelfonso Miranda Jr. sleeping with a female inmate. He was also charged with the same violations as Dizon.
