PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief Oscar Albayalde on Thursday blamed overcongestion in the death of an inmate at a Quezon City police station last Tuesday.

In a press conference in Camp Bagong Diwa, Albayalde affirmed the official statement of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) that Genesis Argoncillo died because of "shortness of breath" and not because he was mauled inside the facility of Novaliches Police Station 4.

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