The University of the Santo Tomas on Sunday announced its decision to kick out 8 law students tagged in the fatal hazing of Horacio “Atio” Castillo III last year.
The 22-year-old Castillo was found dead by his parents a morgue in Manila in September 2017 after attending the welcome rites of Aegis Jvris, a law-school based fraternity.
A UST committee found 8 Civil Law students “guilty of violating the Code of Conduct and Discipline and imposing the supreme penalty of expulsion,” the university administration said in a statement.
“The University reiterates its commitment to ferret out the truth, determine liability, and impose the appropriate sanctions,” read the statement published by The Varsitarian, UST’s official student publication.
“UST has always been one with the Castillo family in the steadfast call for everyone to pray and work together to achieve justice for Horacio and for truth to prevail,” it added.
UST Law Dean Nilo Divina, one of the most notable alumni of Aegis Jvris, is facing Supreme Court investigation for disbarment along with 20 others for their alleged “cover up” of Castillo’s hazing.
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