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Justice Secretary Leila de Lima<\/p><\/div>\n

MANILA, Philippines–Two members of Tau Gamma Phi (TGP) fraternity\u2014including one stricken with cancer\u2014have surrendered to authorities to offer help in the investigation but with the hope of clearing their names in the death of hazing victim Guillo Cesar Servando.<\/p>\n\n

National Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director Ricardo Pangan on Wednesday said the Department of Justice (DOJ) had provisionally admitted to the Witness Protection Program (WPP) the first of the two\u2014a 19-year-old man who surrendered to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima the previous night.<\/p>\n\n

The other TGP member yielded to NBI-Death Investigation Unit head Joel Tovera Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n\n

Pangan maintained that the second frat man remained a suspect. \u201cHis surrender is a mitigating factor, but at the moment he is considered a suspect pending assessment of his statement,\u201d the NBI officials said.<\/p>\n\n

The names of the two men were being withheld pending further validation of their statements, he said.<\/p>\n\n

\u2018Delicate condition\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The first man who surrendered was in a \u201cdelicate medical condition,\u201d according to Tovera, who said the ailment prevented the teenager from enrolling this school year.<\/p>\n\n

An Inquirer source said the man was stricken with \u201cStage 2 cancer\u201d affecting the lymph nodes in the neck area.<\/p>\n\n

Pangan said the first suspect decided to surrender to tell his side of the story, after his name came out in the news.<\/p>\n\n

Pangan also said that with the additional statements coming from the two men, a case for violation of the antihazing law may soon be filed in the DOJ in coordination with the Makati City police, which is conducting a parallel investigation.<\/p>\n\n

Caretaker now a suspect<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The frat house where the TGP initiation rites for Servando and three other students of De la Salle-College of St. Benilde took place is located at Barangay (village) Palanan, Makati.<\/p>\n\n

Tovera also said Jomar Pajarito, the caretaker of the Palanan property, is now considered a suspect after he was identified by the surviving neophytes as the one who fed them chili and chocolates and made them sniff ammonia to keep them from passing out during their ordeal.<\/p>\n\n

He said more than 10 frat members would be charged for violation of the antihazing law, including Pajarito.<\/p>\n\n

Also on Wednesday, the Bureau of Immigration confirmed that one of the suspects, Kevin John Navoa, had already left for the United States on July 1, three days after the hazing incident.<\/p>\n\n

De Lima said the man who surrendered to her Tuesday night had executed an affidavit detailing what he saw during the initiation rites, but that he denied laying a hand on any of the neophytes.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cHe had a role other than hitting or punching the neophytes,\u201d the justice secretary told reporters.<\/p>\n\n

The man\u2019s testimony was initially evaluated by WPP officials and was found to be \u201csatisfactory,\u201d enough for him to be granted provisional admission to the program, she said.<\/p>\n\n

The man had also met with Servando\u2019s father, Aurelio, who left it to the DOJ\u2019s discretion whether the man would be used as a state witness, she added.<\/p>\n\n

De Lima said Aurelio also told her that he had been contacted by the parents of another suspect who also wanted to surrender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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