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MANILA, Philippines — Marikina Metropolis Mayor Marcelino Teodoro revealed Friday {that a} syndicate could also be behind the unlawful exhumation of stays within the Barangka Public Cemetery.
Teodoro, in a radio interview, talked about there appeared a connivance between the cemetery’s administrator and a number of other personal people within the digging up of the stays.
“Evidently a syndicate did it, the place the tombs which might be left vacant are being offered. There’s a modus,” Teodoro mentioned in Filipino throughout an interview over Radyo 630.
The Barangka Public Cemetery earlier mentioned that 800 sacks of human stays have been exhumed and nonetheless unclaimed. The stays have been reportedly exhumed after exceeding the five-year “rental interval” set by the native authorities of Marikina.
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However for Teodoro, the unburying that occurred was flawed because it was a transparent violation of the Philippines’ Sanitation Code.
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Teodoro likewise expressed concern that alleged syndicate’s modus operandi will not be an remoted incident, as many people have additionally reportedly raised a difficulty on the unlawful exhumation of stays of their respective jurisdiction.
“Below the Sanitation Code, there’s a provision that claims one can not transfer or dig up a physique if it’s been buried for a minimum of three years. So there’s undoubtedly a violation of the penal provision of the Sanitation Code,” the mayor mentioned in combined Filipino and English.
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Teodoro mentioned expenses have already been filed towards erring people concerned, however he didn’t disclose their names in the course of the interview.
“We filed expenses yesterday morning towards six people together with the administrator of the cemetery as a result of we noticed a connivance. The 5 are personal people, so we actually noticed that this was not executed by only one particular person; it was deliberate,” the mayor mentioned in Filipino, stating that, “Prior to now two months, these stays weren’t there.”
“It seems to be like they actually did it [in time for Undas],” he added.
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Teodoro mentioned the Marikina Metropolis authorities has notified households whose family members’ stays have been illegally exhumed. He additionally mentioned the native authorities is prepared to supply free burial and cremation for the stays.
