Is Hazing Totally Not Allowed in Anti-Hazing Law?
With the death of Guillo Cesar Servando, an 18-year-old student from De La Salle-College of St. Benilde, from injuries allegedly sustained during initiation rites by the Tau Gamma Phi fraternity, a lot of people are asking whether or not the State has the capacity to protect the victims from hazing. A picture of hazing taken from bing images. As of the moment, we have an Anti-Hazing Law or Republic Act Number 8049. This law regulates hazing and other forms of initiation rites in fraternities, sororities, and other organizations and providing penalties therefor. As defined in the Anti-Hazing Law, hazing is an initiation rite or practice as a prerequisite for admission into membership in a fraternity, sorority or organization. Hazing involves by placing the recruit, neophyte or applicant in some embarrassing or humiliating situations such as forcing him to do menial, silly, foolish and other similar tasks or activities or otherwise subjecting him to physic...