Sandra Cam released from PNP Custodial Center

Former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board member Sandra Cam has been released from the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center, according to PNP PIO chief Police Colonel Red Maranan on Tuesday.

“Si Ms. Sandra Cam ay nakalaya na po nitong January 16… dahil po sa pagkadismiss po ng kanyang kinaharap na kaso. Siya po ay na-escortan na ng ating pulis papunta sa kanyang tirahan,” Maranan said in an interview.

(Ms. Sandra Cam was released on January 16 after her case was dismissed. She was escorted by our police officers to her home.)

Dating Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board member Sandra Cam, nakalabas na sa PNP Custodial Center ayon kay PNP PIO Chief PCol. Red Maranan @dzbb pic.twitter.com/MYpyDIXQW0

— Mark Makalalad (@MMakalalad) January 17, 2023

Maranan said Cam was released around 10:50 p.m. on Monday, hours after the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 42 acquitted her and her son, Marco Martin Cam, and five others of murder over the killing of a vice mayor in Masbate in 2019.

Cam and the others were released after the prosecution failed to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

The case stemmed from the attack that killed vice mayor Charlie Yuson III and wounded his companion Alberto Alforte IV while they were having breakfast in Sampaloc, Manila on October 9, 2019.

In a radio interview, PNP chief General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said he directed for Cam and her son to be escorted to ensure their safety.

“Para nang sa ganoon ay wala hong masamang mangyari sa kanila. Mahirap ho ‘yan. Baka biglang sa harap ng bahay nila ay may mangyaring masama ay kasalanan na naman po ng pulis,” Azurin said.

(So that nothing bad will happen to them. It is difficult. Something could have happened to them in front of their home and it would have been the police’s fault.) — Joahna Lei Casilao/RSJ, GMA Integrated News