PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief Guillermo Eleazar approved on Thursday, June 24, 2021, the dismissal of Master Sergeant Hensie Zinampan from the service.
“Today, I signed the dismissal order of Police Master Sergeant Hensie Zinampan who was found guilty of grave misconduct and conduct unbecoming of a police officer,” he said in a statement.
Zinampan gunned down his neighbor, Lilybeth Valdez, 52 following a heated confrontation on May 31, 2021. The incident was caught on a cellphone video.
Eleazar said the PNP-Internal Affairs Service made sure that the entire summary dismissal proceedings followed the existing procedures and policies in order to prevent technicalities that could reinstate Zinampan.
Zinampan’s benefits after 15 years of being in the service were all forfeited due to his dismissal.
He is now detained at the Quezon City Police District awaiting trial on the murder charges against him.
“Let this incident be a warning to all PNP personnel that I will not tolerate wrongdoings in our beloved organization, and a constant reminder for each and everyone of us to live up to what the three important and meaningful words in the PNP Seal—Service, Honor and Justice,” Eleazar said. (Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo / SunStar Philippines)