DAVAO CITY: THE New People’s Army (NPA) has admitted that it has under its “custody” Jose Mervin Coquilla, the provincial jail warden of Compostela Valley Province.

Ka Aris Francisco, spokesperson of the NPA-Comval-North Davao-South Agusan sub-regional command, said Coquilla is being investigated for negligence of duty and for illegal drugs trade in the Compostela Valley Provincial Rehabilitation Center. He said the complainants are jail inmates themselves.

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