Interior Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento has relieved Benguet provincial police director Senior Supt. David Lacdan from his post on Tuesday due to his alleged poor performance in the face of Typhoon Lando’s onslaught in Northen Luzon.

“I asked the PNP chief [Director General Ricardo Marquez] to relieve Benguet Provincial Director for [the] big number of casualties,” Sarmiento said in his text messages to members of the PNP press Corps.

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