Oro cops told to prevent rape cases

CAGAYAN de Oro City Police Director Nelson Aganon has ordered city policemen to mount measures to avert incidents of rape following the slight increase of rape cases in April this year.

Superintendent Mardy Hortillosa II, spokesperson of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo), said rape cases for April, this year, alone has reached to 14.

But, Hortillosa said the data is not considered alarming.

Out of 14, 11 are minors with eight-year-old girl as the youngest victim while the rest are in legal age.

The data from Cocpo showed that only two cases were recorded in the same period last year.

Hortillosa said rape cases in March this year was five and the month of May noted nine so far. Five of the May cases happened because perpetrators were under the influence of alcohol.

"Gipatun-an karon kung ngano nitaas ang kaso sa April ug aron makabuhat ta og measures aron dili na kini modaghan pa (We are still studying why there was an increase of rape cases in April and what measures to do to prevent it from further increasing)," Hortillosa said.

The police official said initial assessment revealed that most of the rape incidents happened at the residence of the suspects.

"Kani dili ni madala sa intelligence kung sa balay sa suspek kay buot pasabot naa ba kahay consent or niuban ang biktima (It will not be a part of the intelligence if the incident happened inside the suspect’s house since it means there is a consent from the victim)," he added.

Hortillosa discouraged women from entertaining strangers and to avoid having drinking spree especially with men.

He also advised parents to monitor their children and not allow them to go out especially during night time.

"One of our measures is mag conduct ta og (we will conduct an) information dissemination sa mga kababayen-an ug sa mga ginikanan (to the women and the parents)," Hortillosa said.

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