MANILA, Philippines --- Seventeen police officers who were indicted over the 2021 murder of political activists on what was known as the "Bloody Sunday" raid in several areas in Southern Luzon have asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to dismiss the charges filed against them. In three separate memoranda on Thursday, the respondents through their respective counsels asked the DOJ to dismiss the charges due to the "absence of any probable cause" for the gruesome murder ofAriel and his wife Ana Mariz "Chai" Lemita Evangelistainside their home in Nasugbu, Batangas, on March 7, 2021. One of the pleadings, from the counsel of Pat. Bautista, and Pat. Tenoso, stated that "there is no...
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