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Dela Rosa leads probe on alleged abduction of PDEA agent: Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, chairman of the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, presides over Tuesday, September 14, 2021, a hybrid inquiry on the disappearance and alleged abduction of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent Merton Fesway. Dela Rosa said the inquiry is aimed at determining how it could improve the existing protocols and procedures to help ensure the safety of law enforcers. “As the chairman of this committee and as a former law enforcer, it saddens me whenever I hear incidents involving assault, abduction and murder of our law enforcement agents. Not only because I know of their unwavering loyalty and sacrifice despite the risks of losing their very lives for the Filipino people, but also the threats it makes on the public’s confidence on the government’s ability to protect them,” Dela Rosa said. Fesway was allegedly abducted by unknown men outside PDEA’s office in Angeles City, Pampanga on June 25, 2021. (Voltaire F. Domingo/Senate PRIB)