By Liza Soriano
MANILA — Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday said that the perpetrators involved in the fatal hazing of a 25-year-old criminology student must be placed behind bars for the rest of their lives.
Ahldryn Leary Bravante, a criminology student at the Philippine College of Criminology in Manila has died allegedly due to brutal hazing or initiation rites.
He said the latest incident of fraternity violence was appalling as it happened barely eight months after 22-year-old John Matthew Salilig met his tragic death during the welcoming rites of the Tau Gamma Phi fraternity.
At least 12 members of the same fraternity were said to be behind Bravante’s death, including four who were already in police custody.
“This senseless death of another young student due to barbaric fraternity tradition is not only enraging but frustrating as well as it happened despite our efforts to put more teeth to the law against fraternity hazing,” Zubiri said.
The full force of the law must come down on those soulless people who killed the same person they claim to be their brother, the senator said.
“We should put an end to these acts of savagery. Let’s ensure that those who mock our system of justice would be made to account for their misdeeds,” he added.
(ai/mnm)