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Jeff Caparas

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175584029490420250822-macapaz-CIDG4.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former CIDG chief Brig. Gen. Romeo Macapaz. Photo courtesy of CIDG</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE) </strong>— The National Police Commissioon (Napolcom) on Friday filed administrative complaints against former CIDG chief Brig. Gen. Romeo Macapaz over his alleged tampering of evidence in relation to the &quot;missing sabungeros&quot; case. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/10/families-of-missing-sabungeros-meet-whistleblower-1339">Families of &#x27;missing sabungeros&#x27; meet whistleblower, file fresh affidavits</a></div><p>Napolcom-Inspection, Monitoring and Investigation Service (IMIS) staff service director Edman Pares said they have filed grave misconduct and conduct unbecoming of a police officer against Macapaz.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/31/2-brothers-of-missing-sabungeros-whistleblower-totoy-arrested-pnp-1111">‘Missing links’ in sabungeros case: Whistleblower&#x27;s brothers arrested – PNP</a></div><p>Macapaz was accused of deliberately obstructing the probe into the missing sabungeros case, with the whistleblower saying he was protecting the alleged mastermind Atong Ang through a series of acts committed in Cambodia, the Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh, and in Quezon City on July 20, 2025, and the days that followed.</p><p>According to the charge sheet, Macapaz was accused of the following:</p><p>• Unlawfully seized the cellphones of complainant Ellakim T. Patidongan and his brother, Jose Patidongan, and refused to immediately return them despite repeated demands</p><p>• Altered key evidence by deleting messages contained in the devices</p><p>• Concealed the SD cards of the seized phones with the intent to impair their availability as vital evidence in the ongoing investigation.</p><p>“After conducting initial evaluation, nakita namin meron kaming jurisdiction in both cases and we also did pre-charge investigation. Nakitaan po namin ng probable cause to file an administrative complaint for grave misconduct and conduct unbecoming of a police officer against Police Brigadier General Romeo Macapaz,” said IMIS Staff Service Chief Director Edman Pares.</p><p>He said two others named in the same complaint were cleared due to lack of probable cause.</p><p>Napolcom Vice Chairman and Executive Officer Commissioner Rafael Calinisan assured the public that the proceedings would be impartial.</p><p>“We are not condemning anyone yet. Papakinggan po natin yung due process. We promise both the respondents and the complainants that their cases will be handled properly. Wala pong impluwensya, wala pong pera na iiral dito sa loob ng National Police Commission,” said Calinisan.</p><p>Macapaz said he would respond to the allegations before the Napolcom. </p><p>Napolcom has yet to announce the schedule of hearings for the case.</p><p>The whistleblower, Patidongan, earlier said that as many as 100 people were murdered over their alleged involvement in match-fixing in 2022, killed by police moonlighting for an online cockfight operator.</p><p>The case erupted back into the public consciousness last month with the televised appearance of Patidongan claiming to know where bodies had been submerged in Lake Taal.<strong> —With a report from Agence France-Presse</strong></p><div><em></em><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong><em></em><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HhM9f0ZByhk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Napolcom has filed administrative complaints against former CIDG chief Brig. Gen. Romeo Macapaz over his alleged tampering of evidence in relation to the "missing sabungeros" case.</p>

Napolcom has filed administrative complaints against former CIDG chief Brig. Gen. Romeo Macapaz over his alleged tampering of evidence in relation to the "missing sabungeros" case.

Napolcom files raps vs ex-CIDG chief over 'missing sabungeros' case

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Napolcom files raps vs ex-CIDG chief over 'missing sabungeros' case

Jeff Caparas,

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Published August 22, 2025 01:20 PM PHT

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Updated August 22, 2025 04:13 PM PHT

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