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UST Law dean slams Castillos’ lawyer

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University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law dean Nilo Divina on Thursday slammed the plan of the family of Horacio “Atio” Castillo III to file charges against him and other school officials over the freshman law student’s death due to the hazing rites conducted by Aegis Juris Fraternity in September.

Divina slammed Lawyer Lorna Kapunan, the legal counsel for spouses Horacio II and Carminia Castillo, who disclosed the plan at the start of the preliminary investigation on the criminal complaint against 18 individuals at the Department of Justice on Wednesday.

“It’s unfortunate that Atio’s family is being manipulated by their lawyer into doing something that is patently baseless,” Divina said.

“Our objective should be to find justice for Atio and find out the truth. Instead, the obvious objective is now to lay the blame on innocent people to further the lawyer’s personal agenda,” Divina also said.

The Castillo family plan to file the supplemental complaint against Divina and other UST officials on October 9.

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