Demolition members stole confiscated items

SOME personnel from the Davao City Demolition Unit (CDU) are currently under investigation for stealing confiscated items during the demolition operations.

Speaking during the I-Speak Media Forum on Thursday at the Davao City Hall, CDU chief retired colonel Yusop Jimlani said they initially investigated four personnel from their recent demolition of shoe stalls who are violators of one-third two-third policy.

"We are now conducting investigation because we do not want to tolerate these things. The mayor does not like to tolerate these things to happen," Jimlani said.

He said that once the said personnel will be proven of stealing the items, "their contracts will expire immediately."

Meanwhile, Jimlani said they have conducted their demolition operation at Bankerohan.

"Gitudluan man gud nato ni ug binulanay ang tawo just to protect themselves. Ngayon, yung mga ganun, normal na yun sa amin kasi we did not went there to just say that we will be confiscating their goods talagang agawan yan, yung mga fruit vendors especially kung kuhaon nimo ilang baligya iyabo na nila sa dalan (Demolition team members expect a tug-of-war with the vendors over their stalls. If you try to grab their stalls, they will spill their goods on the ground)," he said in response to complaints that they have been harassing the vendors during the said operations.

Jimlani said they have been informing the people several times already and they are still not following the order.

"Asa man ka makakita'g demolition na gina-announce (Where can you see a demolition that is being announced) but nobody believes us and they will still be there and yet we have accommodated them at the night market and that is even an order of the City Mayor himself," he added.

The said demolition operation happened last Friday, February 20.

Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on February 28, 2015.

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Demolition members stole confiscated items