Seven of eight personnel of the National Bureau of Investigation from Bacolod City were hogtied and beaten up Saturday afternoon by about 15 members of the Negros Oriental provincial police while attempting to serve a search warrant to a Korean national at the Pamplona Golf and Country Club, NBI Bacolod chief Philip Pecache said yesterday.

Pecache said one of the members of the NBI Bacolod team, whose name he withheld, was in serious condition because his spinal column was dislocated during the beatings. He is set to be operated on today.

Pecache said the NBI is preparing to file charges against the policemen involved in the beating for obstruction of justice, assault on an agent in authority, and frustrated murder, once all of those involved are identified.

Oriental PNP director
orders thorough probe
BY ALEX PAL

Sr. Supt. Melvin Ramon Buenafe, Negros Oriental provincial police director, ordered a thorough probe into the incident.

But he said that initial reports gathered from the field say that the policemen, led by Chief Insp. Julius Muñez, were reacting to a report that there were armed civilians riding in a van in Dumaguete.

The policemen trailed the van and finally caught up with the armed men in Pamplona.

I was framed, Talisay
GSO head claims
BY CARLA GOMEZ

The head of the Talisay City General Services Office, who was apprehended by Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency operatives Friday night for alleged possession of shabu, yesterday claimed he was framed and that he has witnesses to prove it.

Talisay GSO head Archibald Tuvilla and Sannil Arcenas were apprehended Friday night for possession of suspected shabu, Inspector Joemarie Occeño, Negros PDEA chief, said.

The PDEA had applied for a search warrant on Tuvilla's vehicle because it was often seen in Barangay 2 where drugs are purchased, Occeño said.