WITH only one conviction in 22 years, a lawmaker at the House of Representatives is pushing for the amendment of Republic Act 8049 or the Anti-Hazing Law that would make all hazing illegal and impose stiffer penalties on the perpetrators.

Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy of Quezon City presented the Revised Anti-Hazing measure, which she filed in September 2016, before the committee on justice on Tuesday.

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