Lawmaker wants to declare hazing a heinous crime

Amid the controversies surrounding hazing in Philippine universities, Cagayan de Oro Second District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez wants to add hazing to the list of heinous crimes in the country.

Rodriguez filed House Bill (HB) 4922 “declaring hazing as a heinous crime if, as a consequence of the hazing, death, rape, sodomy, or mutilation results therefrom.”