Good Cop? Bad Cop? (Part II)
Legal Disclaimer: The author of this blog does not intend to malign or vilify the reputation of the people involved in this post. The following events are chronologically presented based on the facts that support them through legal documents and audio recordings attached herein.
Previous installment of this series can be found here, at Good Cop? Bad Cop (Part I)
After the incident happened on June 10, 2008, Ryam D. Estojero went home with the optimistic hope of letting everything pass the night and start anew. He claimed he did not tell anyone about the incident that happened that night including his brother whom he asked to fetch the motorized sikad at the site of the incident.
Morning came and Ryam’s sister, Ann Estojero, noticed that he was not able to get out of bed and was complaining about the aches and pains all over his body. That was when he shared to his family members everything that happened the previous evening. His siblings felt the need for impartiality of the narrated events and decided they had to take action.
On June 11, 2008, Ryam D. Estojero accompanied by his sister, Ann D. Estojero went to City of Opol Municipal Police station to have the case put into blotter (refer to the text (transcribed) version the the police blotter or to the photo copy of the police blotter). They would have opted to file a case on the same day but “it took us too long to get his medical certificate (refer to the text (transcribed) version of the medical certificate or the photo copy of the medical certificate) on the 11th” Ann Estojero said. On June 12, 2008, after getting the medical certificate documenting Ryam’s injuries from the events of June 10, 2008, they headed to the Municipal Hall and to the Barangay Hall to formally blotter and file a case against “Victor Castillon, Jr.”
On June 15, 2008, just three days after the case was formally filed at the Barangay Hall, Castillon went to the residence of Ryam D. Estojero to confront him about his filing of the case. He allegedly stormed towards the house of Ryam D. Estojero but he was at his neighbor’s house. Anna D. Estojero was at home that time and was asked by Castillon about the whereabouts of her brother. The panic-stricken sister told him that Ryam was at a neighbor’s house. Eventually, Castillon was able to find the 21 year old driver at a neighbor’s house. Estojero claimed, “He grabbed me and asked why I filed a case against him and that he insisted I was the perpetrator. He then pulled his gun, cocked it and punched me with his left hand in front of a lot of people”. Afraid of Castillon brandishing his government issued firearm and to avoid getting himself shot, Estojero had no choice but to hide among the people who were at their neighbor’s house to play cards. Castillon was hoisting his gun around in front of the people who were present that time saying they had nothing to do with anything. “He was very ruthless and he was screaming at our neighbors and repeatedly saying ‘Wala kayong pakialam!’” Estojero added.
Anna D. Estojero asserted that when she found out through a neighbor that his brother was punched and was threatened with a gun, she ran as fast as she could to her neighbor’s house and told Castillon to settle the dispute at the barangay hall. She claimed that like everybody who were there, she was very afraid to even go near Castillon because he had a gun and he was furious and was screaming.
Enraged and infuriated, Castillon allegedly left the scene by saying “Babalikan ko kayo!” (I will be back to get you!).
The facts stated above are according to the interview of Ryam D. Estojero by Philippine Attorney Joe Pallugna. You can refer here to listen to the 82 minute interview. It is also available for text version which is available in Visayan version and English version for you to verify its accuracy.
November 22nd, 2008 at 13:49
I want to know more about the case as time/case goes by because… even before, I was so afraid of that policeman, eventhough his wife is a friend of mine. But everytime in his presence, we all try to avoid him because he has this hot-temper aura around him. Maybe he is too proud of himself being a PNPA graduate.
Hope to read more updates about this case… I felt so sorry of what Mr. Estojero had gone thru in the hands of that policeman.
November 22nd, 2008 at 23:50
There will be a lot more updates. At least 12 parts, maybe as many as 20. It depends on a lot of things. Like whether anyone with any authority will do something to reign this guy in before he really hurts someone.