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BAGUIO CITY — A freshman cadet of the Philippine Army Academy (PMA) was “harmed” inside their barracks in 2024, and the perpetrators have since been “sanctioned,” the premier army college disclosed on Monday with out offering additional particulars.
The cadet’s ordeal got here to gentle solely final week after he filed a police blotter report, alleging hazing and different types of abuse he claimed to have endured from Sept. 2 to 29, 2024.
Two of his fellow plebes, a second-class cadet and a first-class cadet, had been listed as suspects within the report.
The sufferer was hospitalized on Sept. 29, first on the V. Luna Medical Middle in Quezon Metropolis, and later at PMA’s Fort del Pilar Station Hospital.
He was discharged on June 30, 2025 although it stays unclear what medical remedy necessitated his eight-month confinement.
The alleged incident happened a month after a Baguio Regional Trial Court docket sentenced former cadets Shalimar Imperial Jr., Felix Lumbag Jr., and Julius Carlos Tadena to life imprisonment for the 2019 hazing demise of plebe Darwin Dormitorio, who succumbed to inner accidents. Dormitorio’s case prompted the PMA to implement institutional reforms.
READ: 3 ex-cadets in lethal PMA hazing discovered responsible
Among the many officers tasked with making adjustments in 2019 was now Armed Forces Chief of Workers Gen. Romeo Brawner.
“We verify {that a} thorough and neutral investigation was accomplished in accordance with our army justice system. The investigation discovered {that a} fourth-class cadet was harmed by a classmate in September 2024, and the cadets concerned have been sanctioned below AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) and CCAFP (Cadet Corps Armed Forces of the Philippines) rules,” in response to Navy Lt. Jesse Nestor Saludo, chief of the PMA public affairs workplace.
“The sufferer is at the moment on indefinite go away whereas awaiting discharge orders primarily based on AFP Medical Board findings unrelated to the accidents sustained. We respect the choice of the cadet’s household ought to they select to pursue authorized cures in civilian courts,” he added./mcm
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