Manila, Jan. 19 -- The Sandiganbayan has convicted two former Lanao del Norte police officers who enforced the demolition of houses without a valid court order.
In a decision dated Jan. 15, the anti-graft court's First Division found Rey Armodia Camanian and Lauro Rocaberte Diputado guilty beyond reasonable doubt of three counts of grave coercion and sentenced them to up to three years imprisonment for each count.
The two former members of the Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte PNP Civil Service Unit, along with then Mayor Rommel Arnado, was charged in a complaint filed by the Sambuat family after the policemen barged into their property and destroyed their homes even after they showed them copies of their title to the property.
Family members c...