The Office of the Ombudsman has suspended for six months without pay 30 officials and personnel of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) suspected to have been involved in the questionable release of prisoners.

“This Office finds that the evidence in the form of testimonies of witnesses and public documents showing the anomalous release of prisoners convicted of heinous crimes/offenses appear to be strong,” the Ombudsman said in its order issued on Sept. 9, 2019.

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