[In the news] CHR probes PMA hazing caught on video | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features

CHR probes PMA hazing caught on video | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features.

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is investigating a video clip showing the hazing of a cadet at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA).

It has led CHR chairperson Etta Rosales to call for the amendment of the anti-hazing law to include military and police institutions.

Rosales said she was surprised upon receiving the video in her email.

The clip shows a cadet being pushed, punched, and given a karate chop in the neck.

The cadet was also hit with a knee in the stomach, back, and thighs, and was slapped by fellow cadets.

Rosales said she received the video after media reported on the case of the hazing of police trainees at Camp Eldrige in Laguna, and the death of a cadet at the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy in Zambales.

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