Two troopers of the Regional Mobile Group will face administrative charges for allegedly threatening and slapping two brothers in Bacolod City Friday.

Senior Supt. Pedro Merced, group director of the 6th Regional Mobile Group, yesterday told the DAILY STAR in a phone interview that he is waiting for the investigation report on the grave threats complaints filed against Police Officers 1 William Sarosa Escalada and Neal Estacion, both members of the 603rd Mobile Company, 6th RMG at E. Lopez, Silay City.

Merced said he has directed Chief Insp. David Cachumbo, 6th RMG Investigation Division head, to investigate the complaints and determine the administrative liabilities of the two policemen.

Police reports showed that Escalada and Estacion are accused of allegedly threatening Tristan Miravalles, 23, and his 16-year-old brother at the People's Village bar at 22nd-Lacson streets, Bacolod City, at about 10:50 p.m. Friday.

The brothers claimed that the two policemen slapped them several times and one of them threatened them with his firearm, police reports said.

The police officers denied the allegations and claimed that the complainants were under the influence of intoxicating liquor and had been responsible for the commotion, police reports also said.

Merced said Escalanda and Estacion, who were supposed to be part of the 6th RMG team to undergo Internal Security Operations in Iloilo today, should explain their presence in the bar.

He said he will also determine whether the accused will be charged of election gun ban for carrying their firearm in the bar without authorization from the Commission on Elections.*DMG

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