HINDI BA MASAKIT? AMA KA RIN Kian’s pa confronts cops in son’s slay

The father of 17-year-old Kian Loyd Delos Santos on Thursday confronted Caloocan cops involved in the anti-drug operation that led to his son’s death.
“Si Kian, masipag mag-aral ito eh. Sa isang saglit lang, kinuha ninyo yung buhay? Hindi ba masakit? Ama ka rin,” Saldy Delos Santos said during the Senate public order committee hearing on the death of his son.
Delos Santos was facing the three Caloocan cops when he spoke about his late son. The cops, who were already placed under restrictive custody, are Police Officer (PO) 3 Arnel Oares, and PO1 Jeremias Pereda and Jerwin Cruz. Of the three, only Pereda and Cruz agreed to be asked questions during the hearing.
Saldy remembered his son as a diligent person, always helping out with house chores. He said it was impossible for Kian to have been involved in drug trade.
“Simple lang po kami. Nagtitinda, naghahanap-buhay para maging mabuting mamayan. Paano niyo masasabi na ang anak ko ay isang drug courier?” he said.
He said his son always dreamt of being a cop.
Kian’s mother, Lorenza, meanwhile said he raised his soon to be a good person.
“Alam ko paano ko pinalaki ang anak ko, pinalaki ko na may respeto sa nakatatanda sa kanya at taong may katungkulan dahil kahit mahirap kami, sinasabi ko [sa kanya] na lumaki na maayos, may takot sa Diyos, at respeto sa matatanda,” she told the committee.
Caloocan cops claimed Delos Santos fired at authorities as he was trying to escape during an Oplan Galugad operation in Barangay 160.
Reportedly recovered from Delos Santos were a .45 pistol and two sachets of suspected shabu with a street value of about P20,000.
His relatives, however, said the items did not belong to the teenager and witnesses claimed the police's version of the events was not true.
A CCTV camera footage also showed the policemen dragging Delos Santos to the place where he was killed. Caloocan cops, however, claimed that it was not Kian in the video, but rather, a police asset.
Dr. Michael Figueroa, principal of Kian’s school, said the teenager was never involved in any drug-related case.
He said Kian was reprimanded by the school only for “simple naughtiness.”
“He cut classes one time with his classmates and the other, he just broke the project of his classmate. As simple as that, no more, no less,” Figueroa told the committee.