An Iwahig Corrections Facility (ICF) official confirmed the reports of another brawl between BJMP officers from Manila assigned at the facility and an official here happened this morning.
The officer who asked for anonymity said that despite of their efforts, incident like this happened without knowing where was the problem comes from.
“Isang officer namin uli at team leader ng BJMP from Manila ang involve na naman dito pero kasi parang wala silang respeto at iba ang kultura nila na nadala dito,” the source told Palawan Daily News.
As of the writing, visitors are not allowed to enter from the main gate even the media.
“Normal ‘yan na magkakaroon ng lockdown dahil nga sa nangyari pero hindi naman pwedeng magtagal ‘yan dahil araw ng dalaw ngayon,” the source added.
According to the source, gunshots were heard coming from the administration building. Few minutes later, they saw CO2 Ritchie Canja being rushed to the hospital.
“Nakarinig po kami ng sunud-sunod na putok tapos nakita nalang namin si Canja na buhat at dadalhin sa hospital,” another source inside ICF told PDN.
“Pero di naman daw po binaril. Warning shot lang and si Canja, kaya isinugod is dahil sinaktan na as per the source but di daw binaril talaga,” the source added.
The incident, according to the source, involved again BJMP Team Leader JO1 Jayferson Bon-as who also had an altercation with Dr. Amador Perez Jr. last January.
Meanwhile, ICF officials has not yet issued any official statement with regards to the incident.