Desecrating the dead is criminal, Justice Secretary warns VP

Secretary Crispin Remulla has cautioned Vice President Sara Duterte, a trained lawyer, that she could face criminal charges if she proceeds with her threat to exhume the body of former President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and subsequently dispose of it in the West Philippine Sea. As the government’s chief legal officer responsible for administering the criminal justice system, Remulla stated that the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines prohibits the “desecration of the dead.”