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The Court of Appeals has directed the Armed Forces of the Philippines to identify its personnel allegedly involved in harassing a human rights lawyer, and file appropriate charges against them.
In a 22-page decision penned by Associate Justice Hakim Abdulwahid, the CA’s Former Special Sixth Division also ordered the military to produce before the Court for possible destruction all information, records, photographs and dossiers gathered by the military on lawyer Maria Catherine Dannug-Salucon, a member of the National Union of People’s Lawyers in Isabela.
The lawyer was able to prove her allegations that she was subjected to surveillance and harassment by individuals working under the command of the respondents, the CA ruled.
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