Friday, June 16, 2006 (Philippines)

How the victim was dumped into the river is told by two witnesses (above) to a policeman in New Bago, Asturias, Cebu. The boy, 11, was placed in a sacked, then dumped into the waters. That, after he was beaten up, given electric shocks, his face dirtied with mud, and forced to eat rice laced with chicken waste.(Sunstar photo/Alex Badayos) For allegedly stealing P70, a 11-year-old boy was beaten up, given electric shocks, placed inside a sack and then tossed alive into a river in Asturias town past noon Tuesday. “Busyok” Quirante Miano is still missing, and his family fears the currents of the Ginabasan River have taken him to the sea. He allegedly stole money belonging to a 17-year-old boy that he worked with in a woodcraft shop in Barangay New Bago, Asturias. [full story]