Lawyers of the Parojinog siblings who survived Sunday’s dawn raids in Ozamiz City that killed 15 people including their father, Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog, are poised to file arbitrary detention charges against the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG).

Ferdinand Topacio, lawyer of Ozamiz Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog and her brother, Reynaldo Jr., said the two should be freed as the 36-hour deadline under the Revised Penal Code to file charges against them lapsed prior to inquest proceedings.

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