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Edmundo S. Ancog Vs. Jose Z. Tan

DIRECTOR EDMUNDO S. ANCOG, complainant, vs. JUDGE JOSE Z. TAN, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-93-753 | 1993-10-12

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

In a letter dated 14 January 1993, Director Edmundo S. Ancog of the Human Rights Commission charged respondent Judge Jose Z. Tan of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Catbalogan, Samar, with gross ignorance of the law in issuing an order for the arrest of one Joel Navarete on the basis of hearsay evidence and in violation of Section 6(b), Rule 112 of the Rules of Court, as a consequence of which Joel Navarete was arrested and incarcerated for twenty-two (22) days.

The records disclose that on 14 March 1991, P/Capt. Manuel B. Calbes, Chief of Police of Catbalogan, Samar, filed with the MTC of Catbalogan...