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   MANILA – On Sept. 16, 2017,              later drown the noise during the final         Daddy Shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo,
before 10 p.m., University of Sto. Tomas    rites.                                      doo                                           A glass is passed                             After 20 minutes, Atio remains
law freshman Horacio “Atio” Tomas                                                                                                    around. Atio sees                           unconscious. GP is seen allegedly
Castillo III was said to be with members       Atio joins fratmen at the library. He       Grandma Shark, doo, doo, doo, doo,       masters spit inside                          calling someone on his cellphone and
of the Aegis Juris Fraternity. After going  brings meals for his masters.               doo, doo                                      the glass. What                            then tells his frat brothers to rouse Atio
to the church, they went to a computer                                                                                               he doesn’t know is                          by dripping candle wax on his feet and
shop on Asturias Street outside UST            Later on, fratmen isolate Atio from         Grandpa Shark, doo, doo, doo, doo,         there is a second                          chest. Still, there’s no response from
in Sampaloc, Manila where Atio was          the crowd. They allegedly tell him to       doo, doo                                      glass containing                           Atio.
supposedly heard memorizing the             rest before final rites start.
fraternity hymn.                                                                           Let’s go hunt, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo,       egg white.                                 POST INITIATION: Around 6 a.m., Sept.
                                               FINAL INITIATION RITES START WITH A      doo                                                                                      17, master does CPR on Atio before he’s
   About nine hours later, Atio —           PRAYER AROUND 2 a.m., Sept. 17, 2017                                                       7TH AND FINAL STAGE OF INITIATION:        taken to the hospital
who was raised with love and respect                                                       Run away, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo,       Atio faints after masters hit him with a
and dreamt of someday becoming                 Final rites begin. Aegis members         doo                                         paddle past 5 a.m., Sept. 17, 2017              The masters panic. One of them is
the country’s chief justice — became        allegedly gather for a prayer, ask for                                                                                               supposedly heard as saying that Atio
unconscious. He was later declared          guidance from above so nothing bad             Safe at last, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo,      Atio remains responsive, but he           should be rushed to the hospital. But
dead upon arrival at a hospital.            will happen during the hazing.              doo                                         already looks exhausted.                     Balag allegedly hesitates at first because
                                                                                                                                                                                 he’s supposedly afraid that others will
   Below is a chronicle of what                1ST STAGE OF FINAL INITIATION: Atio         It’s the end, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo,      Master initiators mark the areas on       know about the hazing incident. After
allegedly happened to the 22-year-old       walks like a duck                           doo                                         Atio’s legs where they can beat him          a minute of discussion, the GP allegedly
student based on the claims of Aegis                                                                                                using wooden paddles: from the bottom        agrees to bring Atio to the hospital.
Juris member Marc Anthony Ventura,             Atio is fetched by his initiators and       4TH STAGE OF FINAL INITIATION: Atio      of his ass down to the area above the
portions of which were based on earlier     told to do stretching exercises. He then    drinks masters’ ‘saliva’                    back of his knees.                              Then the GP is allegedly seen leaving
statements by Department of Justice         does a duckwalk, partially squatting,                                                                                                to fetch his driver and his car. Trangia
Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II. Ventura     and is pulled backwards and forward            A glass is passed around. Atio sees         Atio is hit five times allegedly by four  also allegedly leaves to get a car. The
was recently placed under the DOJ’s         by the masters. He is told to rest          masters spit inside the glass. What he      masters — Axel Hipe, Ralph Trangia,          latter comes back with a red pickup
Witness Protection Program.                 afterwards.                                 doesn’t know is there is a second glass     Arvin Balag, and another unidentified        where Atio was supposedly loaded.
                                                                                        containing egg white. Atio is then          initiator. The third whip makes Atio fall
   FIRST STAGE OF RECRUITMENT: Frat            2ND STAGE OF FINAL INITIATION:           blindfolded and is told to drink the        on his knees. He manages to still calm          The GP comes back, Balag allegedly
masters are served by Atio, they subject    Masters punch Atio until his arms become    content of the glass, which he thinks is    down before he receives the fourth hit.      tells his frat brothers to unload Atio
him to a psywar, they slap him until the    black and blue                              full with saliva but in fact only contains                                               from the pickup because he has already
fifth day                                                                               albumen.                                       Atio collapses with the fifth blow.       talked to another person who can help
                                               Masters hit Atio with their fists until                                              Masters call his name, Atio responds         them.
   Atio does errands for fraternity         his blood vessels burst and his arms turn      5TH STAGE OF FINAL INITIATION: Atio      with growls.
masters in his first three days of          purple. Atio sings the fraternity hymn as   takes off his clothes                                                                       Hipe allegedly does CPR and
initiation. The masters scrutinize their    his masters beat him up. There are rest                                                    Masters then sit Atio on a chair. They    mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on Atio,
initiate. They ask Atio why he wants to     intervals during this stage.                   The light is turned off. Masters tell    help him regain his consciousness by         who then vomits before he’s taken
join the brotherhood, what does he like                                                 Atio to remove his clothes. As Atio         making him sniff ammonia. They check         to the Chinese General Hospital on
about the fraternity, who urged him to         3RD STAGE OF FINAL INITIATION:           becomes naked, the light is turned on,      his pulse, his breathing. They keep          Blumentritt Road in Sampaloc, Manila
join. They also subject him to psywar.      Masters again hit Atio with a spatula       then turned off, and on again.              talking to him. Atio still has vital signs   where he was declared dead on arrival.
                                            before he does a song-and-dance number                                                  but no longer responds.
   On the fourth day, the master                                                           6TH STAGE OF FINAL INITIATION:                                                        n InterAksyon | Video report by Marlene
initiator decides whether fraternity           After three rounds of hitting, masters   Before 5 a.m., Sept. 17, 2016, Atio begs,      POST INITIATION: Atio remains
brothers can already slap Atio if they      again beat Atio’s arms with a wooden        masters hit his fingers                     unconscious before 6 a.m., Sept 17, 2017     Alcaide | Free photos/illustrations from pixabay.
think he does something wrong. The          spatula to even up his swollen skin.
psywar and slapping continue until the                                                     Atio goes around, as if begging with        Initiators get nervous. But Aegis’ top    com | October 27, 2017, 1:02 AM
fifth day.                                     They then tell Atio to rest again        his hands held together. The masters        leader, whom Ventura claims is Balag,
                                            before he does the “Baby Shark” song-       then beat Atio’s fingers using a wooden     and who is called Grand Praefectus or          Masters then sit
   PREPARATIONS FOR FINAL INITIATION:       and-dance number:                           spatula while he is being indoctrinated     GP tell them not to panic and let Atio       Atio on a chair. They
Sept. 16, 2017, before midnight, fratmen                                                by his lords.                               rest for a while.                            help him regain his
allegedly mask hazing site as party area       Baby Shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo,
                                            doo                                            The masters then tell Atio to again                                                     consciousness by
   Aegis Juris Fraternity’s library on                                                  do stretching and pumping exercises.                                                       making him sniff
Navarra corner Laon-Laan Streets               Mommy Shark, doo, doo, doo, doo,         They order Atio to “hold your balls”                                                       ammonia. They
outside UST in Sampaloc, Manila is          doo, doo                                    before he goes to the next stage of the                                                    check his pulse,
cloaked as a party area. Close to 30 frat                                               final initiation.                                                                        his breathing. They
brothers are reportedly inside the area.                                                                                                                                         keep talking to him.
A karaoke machine is brought to the
library. They allegedly sing, eat, drink
liquor, banter, create noise so they can
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