Date | August 13, 2024 |
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Venue | Davao Prison and Penal Farm |
Location | Panabo, Davao del Norte |
Type | Homicide |
Motive | Drug deal disagreement or promise of liberty and monetary reward |
Target | Chinese inmates alleged to be drug lords |
Perpetrator | Fernando Magdadaro Leopoldo Tan Jr. |
Outcome | Deaths of Chu Kin Tung, Li Lan Yan, and Wong Mien Pin |
Verdict | Guilty |
Convictions | Homicide (both Magdadaro and Tan) |
On August 13, 2016, three Chinese nationals detained at the Davao Prison and Penal Farm in Panabo, Davao del Norte was stabbed to death by two Filipino inmates.
Initially reported to be an altercation over a drug deal among inmates at the time, the incident was later the subject of Congressional inquiry in 2024 where allegations that the police have sanctioned the killings.