PNP to stop presenting crime suspects to the media

The Philippine Daily Inquirer reports: “The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced plans to stop the practice of parading suspects in alleged criminal cases before the media,  discontinuing a long-abandoned practice that was resumed under the Duterte administration. Police chief Dir. Gen. Oscar D. Albayalde said Monday that this is part of the PNP’s efforts to observe due process. […] In 2008, the PNP, under its former chief Dir. Gen. Jesus Versoza, stopped the practice of parading the crime suspects to the media in response to the opinion of then-Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chair Leila de Lima that such practice violates the suspects’ basic right to due process. The practice resumed under former Dir. Gen. Ronald dela Rosa and was regularly done during press briefings.”