ZAMBOANGA CITY — Jeoffrey Salilig, father of the 24-year-old chemistry student who died in hazing rites, said he and his family were on a quest for justice for his son who was brutalized by his
Salilig tried to hold back his tears as he and the rest of his family reunited with John Matthew, the youngest of his seven children whom they fondly called Matt-Matt, whose battered body was flown home to Zamboanga City on a military plane accompanied by elder brother John Martin.
Police had informed him that six of those involved in the Tau Gamma Phi initiation rites were in custody.He should be the last “Let us bond together to put an end to this barbaric act. Brotherhood is about love and protection, not killing,” he said. “As parents, we love our children, we take care of them. Let us stop this act of brutality. Let’s join together in a crusade against hazing. Let’s be one in helping our children have a better future.”Matt-Matt’s coffin was placed beside his grandfather’s at La Merced funeral homes.
“We … condemn the actions and activities of the Adamson University Chapter… as unbecoming of [that of a] Triskelion and declare the group and its affiliates undesirable and unwelcome,” it said in a statement.The private Catholic university, which is run by the Congregation of the Mission in Manila, banned fraternities many years ago, according to Fr. Marcelo Manimtim, an Adamson alumnus and the university president who led the requiem Mass for Matt-Matt on Thursday.
The activities of the fraternities were out of their hands as they could not forbid students from getting involved in affairs off-campus, Manimtim said.
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