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Bantag faces more complaints, this time from prison staff

IT'S not just persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City who are complaining against suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Bantag.

According to BuCor Officer-in-Charge Gregorio Catapang, they are ready to assist 4 or 5 BuCor staff who will file harassment charges against Bantag who allegedly assaulted them when they were still in the NBP before heir transfer to the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa City in Palawan.

Suspended Bureau of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag. PHOTO BY JOHN RYAN BALDEMOR