The Manila Times

PNP starts crackdown on illegal recruiters

- DARWIN PESCO

PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) on Monday said it started going after illegal recruiters.

Under PNP acting chief Lt. Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa, a directive was sent to Criminal Investigat­ion and Detection Group (CIDG) to look at the record of people who were charged for illegal recruitmen­t.

Such action would monitor the illegal recruiters if they went back to their modus, PNP spokesman Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac told the reporters in an interview. “Up an gtign an mu liang record nat inkung sin om gan as amp ah ann gk as on a illegal

recruitmen­t san a gd aangp ana hon at kung

si lab aay bu mali kmul is ada ti ni lang modus (To take a look again at the record of whoever previously faced the illegal recruitmen­t in the past and if they went back again in their modus),” Banac said.

He urged the victims of illegal recruitmen­t to report immediatel­y to police stations.

“Tay orin aypatu lo yn an ana wag an sa pub likokung sin oman nabik tim a ng illegal recruitmen­t aykaa ga d na dumulogsa PNP paramatulu­ngansa im be s ti gay on at mas amp ah ann gk a so [ We also urge the public, victims of the illegal recruitmen­t, to immediatel­y report to PNP for investigat­ion and filing of cases],” he added.

In his recent speech, Duterte threatened to kill illegal recruiters.

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