{"id":777001660,"date":"2023-01-23T13:05:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T16:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001660"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:20:10","slug":"former-police-officers-wanted-in-connection-with-e-sabong-kidnapping-hand-themselves-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/former-police-officers-wanted-in-connection-with-e-sabong-kidnapping-hand-themselves-in","title":{"rendered":"Former police officers wanted in connection with e-sabong kidnapping hand themselves in"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former police officers were being sought as part of an investigation into the kidnapping of an e-sabong agent in Laguna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippines.- The<strong>&nbsp;Philippine National Police (PNP)<\/strong>&nbsp;has reported that two former police officers who were wanted in connection with the kidnapping of an e-sabong agent in Laguna have handed themselves in. The PNP said <strong>Rigel Brosas<\/strong> and <strong>Daryl Paghangaan<\/strong> surrendered after a series of negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two men along with former patrolman<strong> Roy Navarrete<\/strong> were wanted for potential connection with the kidnapping of Ricardo Lasco, on August 30, 2021. PNP spokesman Colonel&nbsp;<strong>Jean Fajardo<\/strong>&nbsp;said Brosas, Paghangaaan and Navarrete fired last year after being linked to the kidnapping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lasco case is one of the eight being handled by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Special Investigation Task Group &#8220;Sabungero&#8221;. Some 34 disappearances&nbsp;have been <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-calls-for-e-sabong-to-be-suspended-after-31-disappear\" target=\"_blank\">connected to the e-sabong industry<\/a>&nbsp;between April 2021 and January 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former President Rodrigo Duterte <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-president-changes-his-mind-and-orders-e-sabong-ban\" target=\"_blank\">suspended legal online cockfighting<\/a>&nbsp;in May after 23 senators signed Resolution No. 996<strong>&nbsp;calling for a suspension<\/strong>. To date, the CIDG has filed at least 15 cases related to disappearances related to the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former police officers were being sought as part of an investigation into the kidnapping of an e-sabong agent in Laguna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Two former Philippine National Police (PNP) officers have surrendered in connection with the kidnapping of an e-sabong agent in Laguna, part of a broader investigation into 34 disappearances linked to the online cockfighting industry. This incident follows former President Rodrigo Duterte's suspension of legal e-sabong operations in May 2022 due to public outcry and a Senate resolution.","focusai_entities":"Philippine National Police, PNP, Rigel Brosas, Daryl Paghangaan, Roy Navarrete, Ricardo Lasco, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, CIDG, Special Investigation Task Group \u201cSabungero\u201d, Rodrigo Duterte","focusai_location":"Philippines, Laguna","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory framework efficacy?","query":"What specific deficiencies in the e-sabong regulatory framework allowed for such widespread criminal activity and disappearances, leading to a presidential suspension?"},{"label":"Impact on iGaming investment?","query":"How will the e-sabong suspension and associated criminal investigations impact investor confidence and capital allocation decisions for other iGaming verticals in the Philippines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[24019],"class_list":["post-777001660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-e-sabong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777001660"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001694,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001660\/revisions\/777001694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}