00:00The Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group says the deaths of Ateneo basketball players René Baterboña and Divine Adili were,
00:07quote, not an accident.
00:10Baterboña and Adili died from drowning after being swept away by strong currents during the Ateneo Blue Eagles team-building
00:16activity on June 8 in Dipakulao, Aurora.
00:18CIDG Director Major General Robert Alexander Morico II says majority of the Ateneo's men's basketball team were in the waters
00:25and were located about 700 meters away from the resort they had been staying at.
00:30He explains what you will see is the condition of the sea during that time. That's one. You won't send
00:36somebody there on that condition.
00:38He adds they are trying to establish the athletes' positions at the scene by getting statements from the other individuals
00:43who were present.
00:44Reports say Ateneo men's basketball team members who appeared before the CIDG were those present at the team building, while
00:51those who appeared before the NBI included current and past members of the team.
00:56The CIDG's statement comes over a week after the Aurora Police claimed Baterboña and Adili's deaths were a natural accident.
01:03Meantime, the Ateneo community will be staging a walkout Friday, June 19 to call for justice, accountability, and clarity from
01:10the university administration.
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