ANGELES CITY – Parents of the alleged rape victim of her former university professor said yesterday that the deportation of the suspect from Saudi Arabia and his detention here is “partial victory” for them, as well as for other alleged victims who kept silent because of “fear, shame and threats.”
Accompanied by Interpol agents, suspect Arnel Atienza Ocampo, 51, who is facing 32 rape charges and five arrest warrants, including two without bail, was finally deported from Saudi Arabia last Sunday and arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) at about 5 p.m. Monday.
The NBI informed the parents of the suspect’s alleged victim that Ocampo, a former professor at the Holy Angel University (HAU) here, is already under the custody of the NBI in Manila pending his transfer to this city to face the charges before the sala of Regional Trial Court Branch 59 Executive Judge Ma. Angelica Paras-Quiambao.
Ocampo was charged with 32 counts of rape of a former female student, who was then 16 years old in 2008. He was indicted in November 2009, but before warrants of arrests could be issued against him, he fled to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on May 28 in the same year.
In February last year, the Interpol included him in its “red list” that classified him as a wanted person worldwide, even as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) cancelled is passport the following April.
In August, 2010, Justice Sec. Leila de Lima ordered the NBI to negotiate for the arrest of Ocampo in Saudi Arabia where the suspect was jailed, initially in Jeddah, and then in Riyadh pending his deportation.
“We thank God for this partial victory. We also want to thank all the people who stayed with and supported us. Let us continue to be vigilant until justice is served. This fight is not only for us for Ocampo’s other victims who had been helpless to bring him to court because of fear, shame and threats,” the alleged victim’s father told Punto. The parents asked not to be named to protect the identity of their daughter.
The father said he is also pursuing a case against some HAU officials whom he accused of negligence in hiring Ocampo as professor amid past record of alleged sexual molestation of students in another school in Magalang town. He recalled that university officials had suspended Ocampo only for three months.
“On March 28, 2009, the HAU dismissed him only because of pressure from the women’s group Gabriela and the media,” he noted. HAU officials have been reluctant to issue any statement on the case.
Accompanied by Interpol agents, suspect Arnel Atienza Ocampo, 51, who is facing 32 rape charges and five arrest warrants, including two without bail, was finally deported from Saudi Arabia last Sunday and arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) at about 5 p.m. Monday.
The NBI informed the parents of the suspect’s alleged victim that Ocampo, a former professor at the Holy Angel University (HAU) here, is already under the custody of the NBI in Manila pending his transfer to this city to face the charges before the sala of Regional Trial Court Branch 59 Executive Judge Ma. Angelica Paras-Quiambao.
Ocampo was charged with 32 counts of rape of a former female student, who was then 16 years old in 2008. He was indicted in November 2009, but before warrants of arrests could be issued against him, he fled to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on May 28 in the same year.
In February last year, the Interpol included him in its “red list” that classified him as a wanted person worldwide, even as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) cancelled is passport the following April.
In August, 2010, Justice Sec. Leila de Lima ordered the NBI to negotiate for the arrest of Ocampo in Saudi Arabia where the suspect was jailed, initially in Jeddah, and then in Riyadh pending his deportation.
“We thank God for this partial victory. We also want to thank all the people who stayed with and supported us. Let us continue to be vigilant until justice is served. This fight is not only for us for Ocampo’s other victims who had been helpless to bring him to court because of fear, shame and threats,” the alleged victim’s father told Punto. The parents asked not to be named to protect the identity of their daughter.
The father said he is also pursuing a case against some HAU officials whom he accused of negligence in hiring Ocampo as professor amid past record of alleged sexual molestation of students in another school in Magalang town. He recalled that university officials had suspended Ocampo only for three months.
“On March 28, 2009, the HAU dismissed him only because of pressure from the women’s group Gabriela and the media,” he noted. HAU officials have been reluctant to issue any statement on the case.
