BENGUET REP. YAP VOWS JUSTICE FOR 10-YEAR OLD RAPE VICTIM

February 13, 2022 Headlines

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet caretaker Eric Go Yap assured swift justice while condemning the rape and the killing of a 10 – year – old girl in the province.
Yap on February 6 visited and handed financial assistance to the parents of the 10 – year old victim whose remains were found in a ravine in Itogon, Benguet.
Aside from the financial assistance, Yap also paid the funeral expenses of the victim. “Hindi ito katangaptangap. Wala pong puwang sa ating probinsya ang mga ganitong klaseng kawalanghiyaan. Haharapin nung suspect ang batas, haharapin nya ang hustisya.
Kung anong ginawa nya, he will suffer all the consequences,” Yap said. The 10 – year old girl went missing on February 5 after she was reported to have taken a bath in their communal bathroom.
According to the police report, the victim was accompanied by her mother but was unable to return to their bunkhouse.
After noticing her daughter was missing, she went back to the communal bathroom but only found the clothes of the child. The mother then prompted her neighbors to look for her daughter and reported the incident to the police.
The victim’s body was later discovered by residents of Ampucao, Itogon dumped in a 50 – meter ravine.
“I assured sa mga magulang ng biktima na mabibigyan ko sila ng hustisya. Sa ama at ina ng bikitma, sana maging matatag sila at humihingi ako ng paumanhin dahil gustohin ko man po pero hindi ko na maibalik ang buhay ng kanilang anak,” Yap added.
The solon also vowed to educate people in preventing this kind of crime in the province and assured that peace and order will be among his priority while serving as Benguet’s lawmaker.