The Department of Justice (DOJ) rejected a complaint filed more than two months ago by self-confessed killer Edgar Matobato against five Davao City policemen for torture, arbitrary detention and violations of the rights of a detained or arrested person.

This case was dismissed by the DOJ last June 30, 2016, way before Matobato appeared in the Senate to testify against President Rodrigo Duterte, whom the former had linked to extrajudicial killings in Davao City.

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