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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP CIDG) has filed a complaint before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against Sen. Robin Padilla and five others for obstruction of justice.

CIDG public information chief Maj. Helen dela Cruz confirmed this in a text message to the Inquirer on Thursday evening.

READ: CIDG cites Padilla’s ‘indispensable cooperation’ in dela Rosa escape

In a press briefing in Camp Crame earlier on Thursday, CIDG director Maj. Gen. Robert Alexander Morico II said Padilla had “indispensable cooperation” in helping Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa leave the Senate early in the morning on May 14.