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Duterte signs law that bans hazing in all forms

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<div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/07/11/20180711-hazing-1.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/07/11/20180711-hazing-2.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/07/11/20180711-hazing-3.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas</cite></div></div></div></div><p>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that bans hazing in all forms, House of Representatives majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas said Wednesday. </p><p>Republic Act 11053 or the Anti-Hazing Act of 2018, which is an amendment of the 1995 version, also imposes higher penalties for those who will be proved guilty of hazing. </p><p>Congress last March ratified the bill following the hearings on the death of hazing victim Horacio &quot;Atio&quot; Castillo III, a University of Santo Tomas law freshman.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/27/17/a-life-cut-short-hazing-victim-atio-laid-to-rest">A life cut short: hazing victim &#x27;Atio&#x27; laid to rest</a></li>	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/infographic/09/27/17/deaths-caused-by-hazing">Deaths Caused by Hazing</a></li></ul><p>The 22-year-old died of heart attack after sustaining &quot;massive injuries&quot; from the beating he received during the initiation rites of fraternity Aegis Jvris. </p><p><em>More updates to follow.</em>--<strong>report from RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that bans hazing in all forms, House of Representatives majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas said Wednesday. </p>

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that bans hazing in all forms, House of Representatives majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas said Wednesday.