Anti-crime group wants Bilibid under AFP control

Citing the October 22 incident where the killer of a former Masbate City mayor was shot dead right inside the maximum security compound of the New Bilibid Prisons—the national penitentiary—the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) is urging the government to place the NBP in Muntinlupa City (Metro Manila) under the control of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

Dante Jimenez, VACC chairman, said the drastic measure his group is suggesting will end the culture of crime and corruption even as he blamed resigned Justice Secretary Leila de Lima for her failure to clear the NBP of firearms, explosives, illegal drugs and other contrabands.