A 44-year-old man who was accused of beating his wife was arrested in the hospital around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 12, in Naga City, southern Cebu.
Th suspect was identified as Anselmo Huylar Ong, a resident of the city’s Barangay Langtad.
Ong was detained as a result of the court’s issuance of a warrant dated August 31, 2022 for his arrest for violating Sections 5(a) and (b) of Republic Act 9262, also known as the Violence Against Women's and Children Act.
Lieutenant Colonel William Homoc, the chief of the Naga City Police, served the warrant to the hospital where the suspect was being treated in Barangay South Poblacion, Naga City.
Ong acknowledged that his case began when he attacked his wife last year. (BBT, TPT)