torture group Saturday called for the prosecution of police officers caught on video torturing an alleged thief in a police precinct in Manila's Tondo district. The United Against Torture Coalition (UATC)-Philippines made the call after the main suspect, Senior Inspector Joselito Binayug, denied during last Thursday's Senate hearing he was the police officer shown in a cell phone video torturing a robbery suspect inside the Asuncion police precinct. Edeliza P. Hernandez, a spokesperson for the group, said “we are deeply concerned that torture and ill-treatment committed by the police are seldom investigated and prosecuted, and that torturers are rarely convicted.
