8th ID respects
court’s decision for detainee’s medical treatment
By PIA Samar
January 25, 2013
CATBALOGAN CITY – The 8th
Infantry (Stormtroopers) Division, Philippine Army respects the
decision of the court allowing accused Ericson Acosta to seek medical
treatment at the National Kidney Institute in Quezon City.
In a press release by the 8th Infantry Division Public affairs Office
(DPAO), it said that Acosta was detained at the Calbayog
sub-provincial jail on charges of Illegal Possession of Explosives
docketed as Criminal Case # 11-0501 filed at the Regional Trial Court,
Branch 41 of Gandara, Samar.
Acosta was apprehended by military troops of 34th Infantry Battalion
in the hinterlands of Brgy Bay-ang, San Jorge, Samar on February 13,
2011 for possession of a grenade.
“We respect, out of humanitarian consideration, the decision of the
court for treatment of Acosta at the National Kidney Institute in
Quezon City,” Cpt Gene Orense, 8th ID spokesman said.
The 8th ID Headquarters through its spokesman added, “whether he is an
artist or not is of no concern to us because he was apprehended in the
possession of a hand grenade and this is a criminal offense.”
(with
DPAO-8th ID)
