THE Cebu City Police (CCPO) filed a case on Friday July 7, 2023, against two people involved in the assault against Dr. Charles Sia, 41, on Wednesday, July 5, inside his dental clinic on Queens Road, Barangay Kamputhaw.
CCPO Director Col. Ireneo Dalogdog did not identify the accused but said that a case for serious physical injuries was filed against them. He said the two perpetrators were identified by the victim and his secretary.
Police are looking into a conflict concerning the victim's lending business as one of the possible motives for the attack.
Dalogdog said the doctor sued three women who owed him money in court. Two of the cases were dismissed, but one case prospered.
Sia and his secretary, Rose Rosell Bardisco, told police in a statement that the boyfriend of the woman who owed him money, along with an accomplice, were the ones responsible for last Wednesday's attack.
The woman, though, was not charged because she was not involved in the crime.
Before Sia's attack, the men entered his clinic, pretending to deliver an item to the dentist. One of the accused was dressed in a black jacket, while the other in a green one. They were both wearing masks.
The accused in green jacket pulled out a weapon and barged inside the doctor's room where a foreigner was being operated on, according to Bardisco.
The accused tied the hands of the victim, Bardisco and the patient. Afterwards, they struck the victim's eyes with a blunt object until they bled.
Dalogdog said security has been provided to the victim who is still under observation in a private hospital in Mandaue City because the accused are still at large and are believed to still be in Cebu.
Dalogdog said they are waiting for the warrants to be released so that police can arrest the two men. He said they considered the case closed.
Sia remains in stable condition; although his doctor said he suffers from blurred vision in one eye because it is still swollen. Sia can see clearly with his other eye. (AYB / WITH CNU INTERN JUDIE LIZA ALANTOSON)