MANILA (AFP) - The Philippine government said on Tuesday it would file criminal charges against a dismissed Manila police commander and six officers who were filmed torturing a naked crime suspect.
Justice ministry investigators are to charge the seven with torture leading to the the death of the man, even though his body has not been found, senior assistant state prosecutor Phillip Kimpo said.
He said it was clear from the footage, believed to have been filmed through a mobile phone and which later became a viral hit on the video-sharing website YouTube, that the crime of torture was committed.
'The identity of the victim was further established by his wife and father... as well as the three former inmates in the police station who had witnessed the actual mauling (torture) of the victim,' Mr Kimpo wrote in his report.
