Reymarc Rabutazo was an 18-year-old boy who allegedly died in a hazing incident which happened in the town of Kalayaan in the province of Laguna. Rabutazo was from barangay Longos in said town. Rabutazo went through initiation rites by the Tau Gamma Phi fraternity.
According to local authorities, they were provided information that a person drowned and died at a river. However, it was later known that he didn't die from drowning. That in fact, he was a victim of hazing. According to those who saw the body, his legs and thighs were filled with bruises. Bruises are among the most common signs of hazing.
The young man was brought to the General Cailles Hospital in Pakil, Laguna but he has already expired upon arrival at the medical facility.
Here's a definition for hazing [source]:
"Hazing as defined in Garret’s Law (M.C.L. 750.411t), includes the following willful acts, with or without the consent of the individual involved: physical injury; assault or battery; kidnapping or imprisonment; physical activity that knowingly or recklessly subjects a person or persons to an unreasonable risk of physical harm or to severe mental or emotional harm; degradation, humiliation, or compromising of moral or religious values; forced consumption of any substance; placing an individual in physical danger, which includes abandonment; and undue interference with academic endeavors. Acts of hazing only include those acts which are done for the purpose of pledging, being initiated into, affiliating with, participating in, holding office in, or maintaining membership in any organization. Acts of hazing include acts inflicted by an individual onto one or more people."
