Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa was irked after child witnesses said they were not allowed to study in schools while staying under the custody of Socorro Bayanihan Services Incorporated.

During Thursday's investigation of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs on the alleged abuse and illegal activities of the SBSI, Dela Rosa expressed disappointment over

"Why can't they go to school? That I cannot forgive. I will never allow it," Dela Rosa asked SBSI President Jey Rence Quilario and Vice-President Mamerto Galanida, who is also the eldest member of the group.

Quilario denied the allegations. Galanida, who was a former mayor and the town's ex-education superintendent, maintained he was not aware that children in Sitio Kapihan are not allowed to be educated.

Dela Rosa dismissed Galanida's answer. The latter, then, blamed the parents saying: "They chose not to let their children go to schools."

"How can you say that parents won't allow their children to study?", Dela Rosa said.

" I don't believe that parents would not allow their children. I don't buy your explanation."

The Commission on Human Rights said it has already initiated an initial investigation on the allegations of human rights violations and infringement of the right to education of children.

The CHR confirmed that violations of human rights, movements, and rights to education were clearly drawn in the initial probe.

Meanwhile, Lawyer Richard Dano, legal consultant of Socorro Task Force Kapihan, said the "culture of fear" has prevented more than 1,000 other child victims from testifying against the human rights abuses perpetrated SBSI group.