Brgy. captain accused of mauling teenager surfaces

Felipe Falcon Jr., the barangay official accused of mauling a teenager in Manila, has surfaced on Monday morning but was not arrested, Jonathan Andal reported on Super Radyo dzBB.

Falcon went to the office of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Martin Diño at 8:35 a.m, the report said.

JUST IN: Kapitan ng Brgy. 350, Sta Cruz Manila na si Felipe Falcon Jr. na umano'y nambugbog ng 16-anyos na binatilyo sa loob ng baranggay hall, lumutang na. (????: Usec Diño) | via @JonathanAndal_ pic.twitter.com/Hvk7eaQWJq

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) November 12, 2018

Diño said Falcon filed for a 15-day leave of absence to give way for the investigation on the mauling incident.

He also said that Falcon, who was tight-lipped regarding the incident, was not arrested as there was no arrest warrant issued against him.

Physical injuries in relation to the anti-child abuse law charges have already been filed against Falcon and five others for severely beating a 16-year-old kid inside the barangay hall in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

DILG Secretary Eduardo Año had earlier said they will file administrative charges against Falcon and his council members for the incident. —KBK, GMA News