BACOLOD City – Rodel Semillano will have to shell out a couple hundred thousand pesos to be temporarily spared from detention.
Semillano was arrested in his house in Barangay E. Lopez Jaena, Silay City, Negros Occidental.
He was charged with “sexual abuse in relation to Republic Act 7610,” or the Special Protection of Children against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act, a police report showed.
Officers served him a warrant of arrest at 1 p.m. on Dec. 18 and detained him in the custodial facility of the Silay City police station.
The court set the bail bond for his temporary liberty at P200,000./PN