Difficulty in prosecuting anti hazing cases.

 Difficulty in prosecuting anti hazing cases. 


Hazing is a crime upon the enactment of RA 8049 in 1995. The loopholes of the law were remedied by virtue of the amendatory law, RA 11053 in 2018. 



Despite its amendment, prosecuting offenders of the law is still difficult. 


Associate Justice Leonen underscores the difficulty of proving the violence inflicted by fraternities: 


• The culture of silence, secrecy, and blind loyalty dictated among fraternity members; 


• That most of the time, the evidence is merely circumstantial; 


• To prosecute the offense all the elements (see attachment below) must be established.


📎 https://lodpost.com/sc-acquits-two-alleged-fraternity-members-of-hazing-9884 


"The reason is obvious: loyalty to the fraternity dictates that brods do not tum on their brods."

✍️ Fiscal Fred Nojara


Read the full text here:

https://pastepeso.com/rsu4h1

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