The Department of Justice on Tuesday issued an Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order against the owner of the sports utility vehicle who ran over a security guard in Mandaluyong City.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the ILBO was issued against Jose Antonio Sanvicente, the alleged owner and driver of the Toyota RAV 4.
DOJ-National Prosecution Service (DOJ-NPS) Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento confirmed that the Office of the City Prosecutor in Mandaluyong City filed the request for an ILBO on Monday.
No request for a hold departure order, however, has been made.
Malcontento said such a request should come from the police or a representative of the complainant.
The ILBO directs Immigration officers to alert the Office of the Secretary of Justice and the Office of the Prosecutor General if the respondent attempts to leave the country. It does not prevent the respondent from leaving.
The Philippine National Police filed complaints of frustrated murder and abandonment of one’s victim under Article 275 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) against Sanvicente, who is accused of running over a security guard, Christian Floralde, 31, who was directing traffic at an intersection near a shopping mall in Mandaluyong City on June 5.
The prosecutor general said that the complaint is currently undergoing preliminary investigation.
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has revoked Sanvicente’s driver’s license and perpetually disqualified him from securing a driver’s license and driving a motor vehicle.
He snubbed LTO hearings scheduled on June 7 and 10.
LTO records showed that Sanvicente had been apprehended three times for reckless driving in 2010, 2015 and 2016.
