THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will strip off police authority from Mayor Oscar “Oca” Garin of Guimbal, Iloilo, for his alleged involvement in mauling a police officer in his town, its Secretary Eduardo Año said in a statement on Thursday.

The mayor and his son, Iloilo Rep. Oscar “Richard” Garin, manhandled PO3 Federico Macaya Jr. on December 26 over the police officer’s alleged inaction on a case that irked the Garins.

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