Manila, April 11 -- The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed the Ombudsman's dismissal of a complaint filed by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) against police officers in Tondo, Manila for allegedly operating a "secret detention cell" inside Raxabago Police Station 1.

In a news release on Friday, the SC said its 2nd Division ruled that there was no evidence of a secret detention cell or violation of the Anti-Torture Act of 2009 (Republic Act 9745), which bans hidden or solitary cells.

In its complaint, the CHR said it discovered three men and nine women cramped in a small, dirty room hidden behind a wooden shelf and submitted video footage of the alleged "secret cell."

In its defense, the police explained that the station was overcrowde...