Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — The University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman) University Student Council (USC) held a fact-finding meeting on Wednesday (June 24) with the representatives of two fraternities involved in the June 18 attacks inside the campus.
The incident left at least two students hospitalized and five others arrested.
The injured were identified as members of the Alpha Sigma fraternity, while the assailants were identified as members of Upsilon Sigma Phi.
A spot report released by Station 9 of the Quezon City Police District said five more unidentified assailants are still at large.
During the meeting, Marcelino Arias Jr., lawyer of victim Jesus Vitangcol called for USC Chairperson and Upsilon member John Paulo Delas Nieves to resign from his position and name the five other suspects in the attacks.
“The parents [of Vitangcol] ask that the attackers be named and own up to whatever accusations are hurled against them,” Arias said.
Meanwhile, the council voted 15-14 to suspend Delas Nieves from council duties for one month and asked him to resign from his fraternity immediately.
No facts presented?
Several parties in attendance expressed their disappointment at the lack of information presented during the meeting.
The Upsilon member present at the meeting refused to confirm that the apprehended were members of the fraternity, citing “supervening circumstances” that prevented him from disclosing information.
“We found out something at babaguhin niya ang entire investigation,” he added.
According to a report by campus paper Philippine Collegian, Vitangcol’s parents left the meeting early due to Upsilon’s unwillingness to disclose information.
“Like what the Upsilon did during the attack, they hid their faces. Now they are hiding facts,” said Arias.
However, Tejano said they were not hiding facts, and were fully cooperating with the investigation.
Delas Nieves, however, acknowledged later that those arrested were members of Upsilon.
The proceedings of the event, which started at 6:45 p.m., ended the following day at 5:30 a.m.
