Instead of going after barangay peacekeepers allegedly whipping minors violating curfew hours to drive them home, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Davao should instead investigate their parents for placing their children at risk due to parental neglect.
Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said it is the parents who should be blamed for neglecting their children by allowing them to roam the streets at night.
CHR Regional Director Alberto Sipaco said his agency would look into reports of minors being whipped, noting the act violated the human rights of the children.
A parent has filed charges against Bucana barangay captain Robert Olan-olan after barangay tanods allegedly whipped the complainant's minor son, while in the street past the curfew hours for children.
But Duterte said the treatment, reportedly carried out by a group tagged by media as the Latigo Gang, is doing good and should be appreciated by keeping the children from harm.
"You let young kids go around at night and either they steal, stab others, get hurt or even get killed. You want that to happen?" he said.
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