THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Friday said it would investigate the February 28 raid at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center where inmates were stripped naked, a practice condemned by a number of lawmakers.

Spokeswoman Jacqueline de Guia said CHR Commissioner Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana had given instructions to the CHR Central Visayas regional director Alvin Odron to conduct an investigation into the incident, which involved the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).

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