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Palace orders PNP, NBI to investigate cases of missing sabungeros

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<h3>No suspended e-sabong operator yet</h3><p>MANILA <strong>(2nd UPDATE)</strong> - Malacañang on Wednesday ordered the national police and the National Bureau of Investigation to thoroughly investigate the cases of missing sabungeros in the country. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/24/22/kaanak-ng-mga-nawawalang-sabungero-may-apela-sa-mga-awtoridad">Kaanak ng mga nawawalang sabungero, umaapelang mahanap ang mahal sa buhay</a></li></ul><p>The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), meanwhile, was tasked to look into e-sabong operators and whether they violated security and surveillance requirements for not installing CCTV cameras, the memorandum signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea showed.</p><p>Some e-sabong operators had said that they have yet to <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/07/22/sabungan-sa-batangas-ininspeksyon-ng-nbi">install CCTV cameras</a> at the time of some disappearances, as their establishments were newly-built. </p><p>Senator Ronald dela Rosa earlier said a total of 34 sabungeros have gone missing as online cockfights grew in popularity.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/08/22/ang-bilis-mong-malulong-bato-warns-vs-e-sabong-addiction">&#x27;Ang bilis mong malulong&#x27;: Dela Rosa warns vs e-sabong addiction</a></li></ul><p>Resource speakers at a Senate hearing in late February said that 6 men went missing at the Manila Arena on Jan. 13. Persons were also reported to have gone missing over cockfighting in Sta. Cruz, Laguna. </p><p>A total of 5 people also disappeared at the Royal Octadome Arena in Lipa City, Batangas, which has no CCTV. The NBI already conducted <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/07/22/sabungan-sa-batangas-ininspeksyon-ng-nbi">inspection</a> at the aforementioned site. </p><p>The development also comes after a Senate body passed a resolution urging PAGCOR to suspend the licenses of several operators in relation to the missing cockfighters. </p><div><strong>NO SUSPENSION YET </strong></div><p>There was no mention in the Palace memorandum of suspending the permits of online sabong pending the results of the probe. </p><p>&quot;Unless otherwise directed, the operations of e-sabong licenses shall remain unaffected pending the result of the above investigations,&quot; the memo read.</p><p>Senate President Vicente Sotto III was quoted in reports last week that President Rodrigo Duterte was in favor of suspending e-sabong permits. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/01/22/duterte-has-yet-to-suspend-e-sabong-permits-palace">READ: Duterte has yet to suspend online sabong permits, Palace says</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/24/22/senate-panel-oks-resolution-to-suspend-e-sabong-licenses">READ: Senate panel approves resolution to suspend e-sabong licenses amid disappearances</a></li></ul><p>Dela Rosa, in an interview on ANC this week, said Duterte had agreed with the Senate panel <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/01/22/senado-nanawagan-sa-pagcor-na-suspendihin-ang-operasyon-ng-e-sabong">resolution</a>.</p><p>But PAGCOR Chairperson Andrea Domingo said the President did not say anything about a Senate panel resolution to suspend the popular game.</p><div><strong>WATCH</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe __idm_id__="5373953" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1948194" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

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Palace orders PNP, NBI to investigate cases of missing sabungeros

Job Manahan,

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Published March 09, 2022 10:56 AM PHT

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Updated March 09, 2022 01:06 PM PHT

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